A June 1, 2023 hostage standoff in the Crossgates neighborhood of Brandon, Mississippi, ended with the death of 65-year-old law enforcement officer Horren Randy Tyler. Police were called about 1:20 a.m. to a home on Terrapin Hill Road North after 22-year-old Gabriel Matthew Wilson forced his way inside and held two women hostage. Wilson was described as heavily armed and wearing a bulletproof vest. One hostage escaped; negotiators later secured the release of the second woman, but Wilson remained barricaded.

Around 6:00 a.m. Wilson opened fire and gravely wounded a Brandon officer, drawing in the Madison Police Department Special Response Team. A second exchange of gunfire around 9:30 a.m. left Officer Tyler mortally wounded; Wilson was also killed at the scene. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is handling the probe. Tyler was a seven-year veteran of the Madison Police Department, supervisor of the Narcotics Division and the department’s Field Training Coordinator; he had previously retired as Ridgeland Police Chief after 27 years and was a graduate of the 228th Session of the FBI National Academy.

Did anyone in the Brandon or Ridgeland area have contact with Officer Tyler or information about the early-morning standoff?