Man charged with attempted murder after judge shot outside courtroom Ernest Edwards (Source: MBI) By Jacob Gallant | March 12, 2021 at 3:48 PM CST - Updated March 12 at 5:42 PM
LAUDERDALE CO., Miss. (WLBT) - A Meridian man is charged with attempted capital murder after a judge was shot last year.
Almost one year later, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation charged 41-year-old Ernest Edwards. He’s being held at Lauderdale County Detention Center without bond.
“MBI will continue to work with the District Attorney’s office to ensure a successful prosecution,” said Commissioner Sean Tindell.
Investigators are still seeking information in this shooting. If you know anything, contact Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department at 601-482-9893 or East Mississippi Crime Stoppers at 855-485-8477.
Man arrested, accused of shooting Mississippi judge, MBI says
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A Mississippi man killed his wife, son, mother-in-law, and grandmother before shooting himself during a police chase on Tuesday, according to the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputies conducting a welfare check found the bodies of April Fulton Tucker, 39, and her son, Bryce Fisher Tucker, 14, inside their home around 1 p.m., the Meridian Star reported. Shortly afterward, they found the body of 64-year-old Beverly Kaiser Fulton April Tucker’s mother in a shed at the same home.
The body of Virginia Jay, 90, was found in another home near Vimville, the sheriff’s department said.
Deputies identified Matthew Jay Tucker, 40, April’s husband, Bryce’s father, and Jay’s grandson as a suspect, according to Chief Deputy Ward Calhoun. Tucker died of self-inflicted gunshot wound while fleeing law enforcement officers in Lamar County, about 90 miles south of Meridian.
By The Associated Press, AP
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) A 90-year-old woman was among the victims of a quadruple slaying in Mississippi, police said Wednesday.
The Lauderdale County Sheriff s Department identified Virginia Jay at a news conference. Sheriff s officials identified the other victims as Beverly Kaiser Fulton, 64; April Fulton Tucker, 39; and Bryce Fisher Tucker, 14, WTOK-TV reported.
The suspect was identified as 40-year-old Matthew Jay Tucker. Authorities said sometime between 9:30 p.m. Monday and noon Tuesday, Tucker killed Jay, who was his grandmother; along with his wife, son and mother-in-law. It was unclear how the victims were killed.
Matthew Tucker later died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound after leading police on a chase.