On a tragic evening in Mount Olive, Mississippi, 10-year-old Zachary Sandifer was fatally wounded in a violent shooting that also injured a woman and ended in the assailant's death. The incident, which occurred on May 31, 2017, was identified by the Covington County Sheriff's Department as an attempted murder-suicide. The young male victim succumbed to his injuries the following day, on June 1, 2017.
The perpetrator was identified as Jeremiah Lee Landon. According to authorities, Landon shot Zachary and a woman before turning the gun on himself. Landon died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The female victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment of her injuries.
The investigation by the Covington County Sheriff's Department concluded that Landon was the sole suspect in the tragic event. As he took his own life, no arrests were made in connection with the death of Zachary Sandifer. The motive for the shooting was not made publicly available in the immediate aftermath of the incident.
