Man charged with homicide in two Leakesville ATV deaths
Derrick Chavers is charged with two counts of homicide and one count of aggravated assault. (Source: Greene County Sheriff's Office)
By WDAM Staff | December 16, 2020 at 5:40 PM CST - Updated December 16 at 6:10 PM
LEAKESVILLE, Miss. (WDAM) - A Lucedale man accused of killing two people in Leakesville after hitting them with an all-terrain vehicle has been charged with homicide.
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that 35-year-old Derrick Dewayne Chavers was charged with two counts of homicide in the deaths of 23-year-old Wesley Kyle Smith, of Lucedale, and 17-year-old Thomas Levi Lewis, of Richton.