On October 26, 2024, at approximately 10 a.m., Hattiesburg Police responded to a report of a vehicle collision into a building on Park Place Avenue. Upon arrival, officers discovered 36-year-old Zikoya Johnson Echols unresponsive inside the vehicle, with an apparent gunshot wound to her abdomen. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Shortly after the incident, Zikoya's husband, 50-year-old Kenrod Cartez Echols of Columbia, contacted authorities and admitted to his involvement in the sh
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