On Sunday, March 29, 2026, 67-year-old Tim Lawrence of Kosciusko, Mississippi, was found fatally shot in the roadway on Attala Road 1107. Deputies were called about 1:40 p.m. and discovered Lawrence deceased at the scene.

Investigators soon identified 41-year-old Chris Hughes of Attala County as a suspect. Hughes was reported to have been picked up as a passenger in a gray GM truck. About an hour and a half later, a second shooting was reported on Attala Road 1141 a few miles away. The gray GM truck was found wrecked there; the driver, 46-year-old Jeffery Mallet Jr., was shot and later died at Baptist Attala Hospital.

A multiagency manhunt followed. Later that evening deputies responded to reports of gunfire at a residence where Hughes had tried to force entry through a back door. The homeowner fired, striking Hughes; he was taken to Baptist Attala Hospital and pronounced dead. Does anyone have information about Hughes, the gray GM truck, or the events on Attala Road that afternoon?