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Posted: Jan 27, 2021 3:04 PM
Posted By: Zac Carlisle
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WTVA) - A shooting injured one person Wednesday morning near Hattiesburg High School, WDAM-TV reported.
A spokesman for the Hattiesburg Police Department said officers responded to a report of someone having a weapon near the school before 8:00.
Officers found the individual with the weapon and tried to approach him.
At that time, shots were fired and the male individual was struck.
He was later transported to a local hospital to be treated for injuries, the TV station reported.
A Hattiesburg police officer was involved in shooting the male individual, according to Maj. Johnny Poulos of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI).
MHP Capt. Poulos discusses NYE enforcement period
December 31, 2020
After recently ending its Christmas enforcement period, the Mississippi Highway Patrol will launch its New Year’s Eve holiday enforcement period today and conclude it on Sunday, January 3. Captain Johnny Poulos provides all the information you need to know about the period below.
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Mississippi Highway Patrol issues 5,898 citations, makes 130 DUI arrests during Christmas Gabriela Szymanowska, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
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The Mississippi Highway Patrol issued 5,898 citations and 130 DUI arrests from Wednesday through Sunday as part of its holiday travel enforcement.
Of the citations issued, Major Johnny Poulos said the department issued 284 seatbelt citations and 58 child-restraint citations for children who didn t have on seatbelts. It only takes one person inside a vehicle not being restrained and they can take everyone s lives inside that car, Poulos said, adding that in the course of an accident, people inside the car can move, injuring others.