Sheriff Rules Killings Murder/Suicide

"DURANT, MS - Sheriff Willie March has ruled the double shooting from Saturday afternoon a murder-suicide.

"Sheriff March says a 911 call came into his office around 12:30 Saturday afternoon. Deputies found two bodies inside a home located on Highway 12 just outside Durant's city limits.

"Sheriff March says 17-year-old Jesmine Nicole Cherry was shot to death by her boyfriend, 23-year-old Joseph Myrick.

"Myrick later turned the gun on himself, shooting himself in the head."

From WLBT.com...