Utica man shot to death

Published 12:00 am Monday, April 12, 2010

JACKSON (AP) — A Utica man is dead and another charged with murder after a shooting outside a Terry lounge early Sunday morning.

Derrick Bland, 33, died of two gunshot wounds after a fight at Wilson’s Lounge on Mississippi 27 about 12:13 a.m.

Jessie Terrell, 28, was arrested and charged. He was at the Raymond Detention Center without bond pending an initial court appearance today.

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Bland was pronounced dead at the scene, said the Hinds County Sheriff’s Department.