A Claiborne County man faces a charge of murder in the early morning shooting death of a Vicksburg teenager in Port Gibson Saturday.
Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain said Danny Martez Wilson, 26, 1078 Pattison-Tillman Road, was being held without bond in the Claiborne County Detention Center pending an initial court appearance.
Wilson is accused of shooting Roviel Mayes, 18, whose body was found lying in the street in front of a home in the 1100 block of Marginal Street. Claiborne County Coroner J.W. Mallet said Mayes was declared dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head. He said an autopsy has been ordered.
Port Gibson Police Chief Calvin Jackson said police received a call about 3:20 a.m. Saturday of shots being fired in the 1100 block of Marginal Street and arrived to find Mayes’ body in the street. He said the case was turned over to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
Strain said the motive for the shooting remains under investigation.