COFFEVILLE –A 43 year-old Coffeeville man was fatally shot inside a residence at 841 Tennessee Street on Dec. 23. Yalobusha County Coroner Ronnie Stark reported the victim, Melvin Bobo, was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting was reported around 8:30 p.m.
Coffeeville Police Chief Rolando Fair reported the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating the homicide. Fair also said the homicide could be connected to two earlier shootings on Kennedy Street.
The Coffeeville Police Department and Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department responded to a shooting on Kennedy Street on Nov. 22. A female at the residence sustained minor injuries. Authorities responded to a second shooting at the same address on Kennedy Street three days later, on Nov. 25, involving the same female victim.
The victim sustained moderate injuries in the second shooting and was transported for medical treatment. Bobo and the female victim were in a relationship.
Stark reported Bobo’s body will be sent for an autopsy.
