Suspect in Sunday Minor Street shooting turns himself in

Published 11:56 am Thursday, February 20, 2020

NATCHEZ — The suspect in Sunday shooting on Minor Street that injured a man turned himself in to Natchez Police officers Wednesday night, police officials said.

Darius Montrell Bernard, 27, faces a charge of aggravated assault after police said he shot the victim in a pool hall on Minor Street after they had been arguing Sunday.

“We were getting ready to go out to a location and arrest him just before he came in last night and turned himself in,” said Walter Armstrong, Natchez police chief. “That was a great outcome on the part of him turning himself in.”

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Bernard was being held in the Adams County Jail on Thursday and no bond had been set.

The victim was treated for non-life-threatening injures at Merit Health Natchez and released.