On Sunday, March, 5, Hattiesburg police responded to a report of a shooting in the 200 block of Martin Luther King Avenue, just before 3 a.m.
When officers arrived on scene, they discovered a deceased male that had succumbed to his injuries that he received during a shooting.
The name of the victim is being withheld at this time, pending notification of next of kin by the Forrest County Coroner’s Office.
During the course of the investigation, officers arrested Rodrique Bowman, 21, of Hattiesburg, in connection with the incident. Bowman has been charged with first degree murder and possession of a stolen firearm.
Bowman and the victim are known acquaintances, and the altercation escalated from a domestic-related altercation over a female.
Shantari Carter, 30, of Hattiesburg, who is the sister of Bowman, was also arrested and charged with hindering prosecution in connection to the incident.
Bowman and Carter were booked into the Forrest County Jail.
