Vicksburg Police make Cold Case arrest

Published 3:34 pm Monday, September 11, 2023

By Staff Reports

The Cold Case Division of the Vicksburg Police Department, headed up by Investigator Norman Harris, has closed a prolonged homicide investigation.
On Aug. 22, 2018, officers responded to a residence in the 300 block of Lakehill Drive for a reported home invasion. At the scene, they discovered Jasmine Adams, 25 of Vicksburg, dead from a gunshot wound.

On Sept. 8 of this year, Carlos Harris, 32 of Vicksburg, was charged with Adams’ death. Harris was initially arrested in November 2019, but he was not indicted until the August 2023 term of the Warren County Grand Jury. His bond was continued and he remains jailed.

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