Police responding to fatal shooting in Gulfport Details are limited at this time, but Gulfport police are investigating a double homicide in the area of Loposser Avenue and Layton Drive. (Source: WLOX) By WLOX Staff | April 20, 2021 at 5:57 PM CDT - Updated April 20 at 6:50 PM
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Authorities are responding to a shooting in Gulfport Tuesday evening.
Details are limited at this time, but Gulfport police are investigating a double homicide in the area of Loposser Avenue and Layton Drive.
We will update this report as more information is made available.
Gulfport Police at the scene of an apparent shooting on Loposser no details at this point @WLOXpic.twitter.com/k3B3OGxgrn John Fitzhugh (@JFitzhughWLOX) April 20, 2021
Victims identified in Gulfport double homicide WLOX Staff
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The victims of a double homicide in Gulfport Tuesday have been identified.
Juan Reginald Harvey Jr., 19, and Teraye Preston, 18, both of Gulfport, were named as the victims by Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer.
Gulfport Police at the scene of an apparent shooting on Loposser no details at this point @WLOXpic.twitter.com/k3B3OGxgrn John Fitzhugh (@JFitzhughWLOX) April 20, 2021
Officers received a call at 5:23 p.m. Tuesday in regards to a shooting in the area of Loposser Avenue and Layton Drive. When they arrived, they found Harvey inside a vehicle, dead from an apparent gunshot wound. Preston was found lying in the road suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.