A string of shootings on the afternoon of March 29, 2026, in rural Attala County, Mississippi, left three men dead. The first call came around 1:40 p.m. on Attala Road 1107, where 67-year-old Tim Lawrence of Kosciusko was found fatally shot in the roadway. Investigators developed 41-year-old Chris Hughes of Attala County as a suspect in that killing and reported that Hughes had been a passenger in a gray GM truck.

About four miles away, at roughly 3:20 p.m. on Attala Road 1141, deputies found the wrecked gray GM truck and driver 46-year-old Jeffery Mallet Jr., also of Attala County, who had sustained gunshot wounds and later died at Baptist Attala Hospital. A multi-agency manhunt followed, with a perimeter, checkpoints, a helicopter and drones deployed and a warrant executed at Hughes’s residence.

The search ended when deputies responded to more gunfire after Hughes allegedly tried to force entry through a back door; the homeowner fired, striking Hughes, who was taken to Baptist Attala Hospital and pronounced dead. Investigators said Hughes had recently been fired from his job and was having problems with his ex-wife, but they have not released a definitive motive.

If anyone witnessed activity on Attala Road 1107 or 1141 that afternoon or has information about the people involved, contact local law enforcement.