The Claiborne County Sheriff Department is mourning the loss of a deputy who was killed in the line of duty, according to a statement from the Horn Lake Police Department.
The department offered its thoughts and prayers to the sheriff’s department’s men and women. The statement ended with the words, “Godspeed.”
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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