Arrests made in ‘08 killing in Edwards

Published 12:00 pm Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Three Edwards men have been charged with capital murder in the 2008 armed robbery and murder of Larry Hunter, also of Edwards, Hinds County Sheriff Malcolm McMillin said in a news release late Monday.

Kenny Bingham and Kelvin Washington, both 28, were arrested Monday by members of the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force.

Bingham was arrested in Harrison County and remained in the Harrison County Jail awaiting transfer to Hinds County. Washington was arrested in Winston County and was being held in the Hinds County Jail. Bonds had not been set.

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Hinds County authorities also issued an arrest warrant for David Scott Fultz, 54.

Hunter, 48, was found dead in his truck on Mosely Drive on Feb. 11, 2008, with gunshot wounds to his back. His wallet and an undetermined amount of cash were missing.

Sheriff’s deputies believe that Hunter was shot between 5 and 7:30 a.m.

Authorities said Hunter, an employee at Cal-Maine Foods, was believed to have been in the area checking his horses before going to work.