Two arrested after man dead following graduation party fight
June 10, 2021
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VARDAMAN, Miss. (AP) A father and son have been arrested in north Mississippi after a 25-year-old man was found dead in a pond after a fight at a graduation party.
Heriberto Mata died Sunday in Vardaman, according to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department.
“Tragedy. We use that word a lot,” Calhoun County Sheriff Greg Pollan told WCBI-TV. “Something that starts out so innocently.
Pollan told the television station that Mata, a Calhoun County resident, was at a girl’s high school graduation celebration on Saturday that continued into Sunday morning. Around 5 a.m. on Sunday, Mata approached the DJ about playing longer.