Thomas D. Patterson, a 49-year-old man, was shot and killed in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on the evening of Wednesday, October 30, 2019. The incident occurred in the 100 block of East 5th Street, where officers from the Hattiesburg Police Department found Patterson with a gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
Within a day of the shooting, investigators identified a suspect and made an arrest in the case. Marvin Brown, of Hattiesburg, was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Patterson's death. Brown was subsequently booked into the Forrest County Jail. Further details about the motive or the circumstances leading up to the shooting have not been made publicly available. The case is expected to proceed through the Forrest County legal system.
