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1 dead in shooting at Mississippi nightclub

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Police are looking for a suspect in a shooting death at a Mississippi nightclub.

News outlets reported the shooting happened around 1 a.m. Sunday at a club in Jackson.

Officers called to the club found 32-yearold Steve Willis in a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. Willis was taken to a hospital where he died.

Witnesses told investigators that Willis and another man exchanged gunfire outside the club. They say Willis was trying to drive away.

Investigators think Willis knew the man who shot him. No arrests have been made.

Sheriff: Mississippi man killed toddler, man during dispute

SAUCIER, Miss. (AP) — The sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi, says a man has fatally shot a 2-year-old boy and a man during an altercation.

The Sun Herald reports Sheriff Troy Peterson says 34-year-old Billy Roberts was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and manslaughter in the slaying of the toddler and 20-year-old David Garcia. Peterson says deputies responded to a report of a shooting Saturday near Saucier and found the toddler and Garcia shot to death.

Authorities say the three lived together, and Peterson says Roberts got into a dispute with Garcia before the shooting. The nature of the dispute it unclear, as is the connection between Roberts, Garcia and the toddler.

Roberts was taken to the county jail. His bond was set at $1.5 million. It's unclear if he has a lawyer.