PEARL, Miss. — Police in Pearl said Sunday that a 22-year-old man fatally shot his girlfriend and wounded her father before killing himself on Christmas Eve.
Jackson media reported that police received a call Saturday about a man with a gun at a Pearl home.
Pearl police said the shootings happened as officers arrived. The man who shot himself to death was identified as Matthew Wilson. His 17-yearold girlfriend, Heather King, was killed. King’s father was wounded, and authorities said he was in stable condition. His name was not released.
Pearl police Lt. Brian Mc-Gairty said all three people were found, wounded, in the yard of the home. Heather King and Wilson were pronounced dead at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.