Fatal Breakup

"NATCHEZ, MS — A Natchez man reportedly shot and killed his girlfriend and then later himself at a different residence Wednesday night.

"Ernest Clark, 40, allegedly shot himself in the head with a .380 automatic pistol at approximately 11:40 at his mother’s apartment on Lumber Street, Natchez Police Department Lt. Craig Godbold said.

"Godbold said the responding officers learned from a witness on the scene that Clark had reportedly shot his girlfriend, Candice Johnson, 26.

"Officers located Johnson who had been shot once in the head, at Clark’s house, 1166 Martin Luther King Jr. St.

"`It appears that he shot her and went to his mother’s apartment, where it appears he shot himself,` Godbold said. `They had been together for about a month and may have broken up this past week.`

"Godbold said there did not appear to be any signs of a struggle at either residence. Officers recovered the handgun."

Source: Natchez Democrat...