The escaped jail inmate potentially connected to a pastor's killing on Monday also shot and wounded a sheriff's deputy. The inmate may be dead.
earlier this week also shot an officer on Wednesday morning, authorities said.
"The suspect was located at the residence on 2511 Conway Rd early Wednesday morning. At around 7:10 a.m. the suspect shot from within his location in the home striking Investigator Horn in the lower right leg. Horn was transported to Leake Baptist where he was stabilized," the sheriff's office wrote in another Facebook post.
Leake County Sheriff Randy Atkinson said that Arrington had barricaded himself inside of a home when officers found him, CBS affiliate
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