In the late hours of a December night in 2021, a tragic and violent encounter unfolded on Shirley Drive, east of Columbus, Mississippi, forever altering a local family. Larry Wayne Peeks Jr., a 45-year-old White/Caucasian male, was fatally shot on December 3, 2021. Lowndes County sheriff's deputies responded to a call of shots fired and discovered Peeks Jr. lying in the street. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner.
The investigation into the shooting quickly led to the arres
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