One dead, six injured in downtown Ocean Springs mass shooting
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - One person is dead and six others are recovering from injuries after a shooting in downtown Ocean Springs Friday night. It happened around 11 p.m. at The Scratch Kitchen bar and restaurant on Government Street.
Jackson County Deputy Coroner James Prisock identified the victim as Chayse Harmon, 19, of Moss Point.
Ocean Springs PD just released this image of the suspected gunman in Friday night's mass shooting at The Scratch Kitchen. You're asked to call 228-875-2211 if you recognize this individual @WLOX pic.twitter.com/r1GooxjTt3 — Brad Kessie (@BradWLOX) May 6, 2023
The Scratch Kitchen is in a busy section of downtown bars and restaurants usually packed on nights and weekends. Cinco de Mayo celebrations also drew a big crowd Friday night.
Witnesses on social media recounted their efforts to help the victim as they waited for first responders to arrive. One person described holding his t-shirt over the wound of one victim, and comforting a family member of another victim.
Early Saturday morning, the backside of The Scratch Kitchen’s bar and patio area facing DeSoto Avenue was still roped off with crime scene tape as investigators worked the scene.
Early Saturday morning, the backside of The Scratch Kitchen’s bar and patio area facing DeSoto Avenue was still roped off with crime scene tape as investigators worked the scene. (WLOX)
The area around The Scratch Kitchen in downtown Ocean Springs was roped off with crime scene tape as investigators work the scene. (WLOX)
The Ocean Springs shooting marks the sixth shooting in seven days in South Mississippi. Four of those shootings involved fatalities.
WLOX News will have more on this story later today.
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