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Authorities say he was shot to death after exchanging gunfire with police, grazing an officer, who treated and released from the hospital.
A manĀ is dead and a police officer suffered wounds in a shooting at a Mississippi Walmart on Sunday.
Details have been scarce, but authoriteis have confirmed that Howard Brent Means Jr., 45, of Tishomingo was shot to death after getting in a gunfight with police in the town of Iuka at around 6 p.m., according to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations as reported by local TV station WTVA.
A police officer, Joseph Marlar, was grazed by a bullet during the shooting, and he was taken to the hospital for treatment. The officer has since been released.
Authorities have sent a crime scene unit to the shooting location to collect evidence, and an autopsy will be performed on Means in Jackson.
Iuka is a small town of just a few thousand that serves as the county seat of Tishomingo County, which lies on the very northeastern edge of Mississippi.
A report by the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal indicated that Means was shot and killed when he ran into the store and shot at police officers.
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