What did Marquez Griffin do? Man charged over Mississippi children murder

At around 2 am on Monday, Marquez Griffin purportedly lethally shot two youngsters at an apartment building. The answering official found Griffin holding a kid at gunpoint when he showed up at the crime location.

As per the Coahoma Province Sheriff’s Office, 25-year-old Griffin shot a 1-year-old young lady and a 9-year-old kid in the early long stretches of Monday.

Cops prevailed with regards to saving the youngster from the man, be that as it may, they later found two different kids with lethal shot injuries. One of them was articulated dead at the scene, while the other kid capitulated to their wounds while getting treatment at a neighborhood clinic in Clarksdale.

As per a public statement by the Coahoma District Sheriff’s Office, they got a call from 325 Coldwater Stream Street Lofts in Jonestown about a shooting. An off the clock sheriff’s agent, who lived nearby and heard the approach the radio, promptly answered the scene.

There, officials found a Mississippi man, later distinguished as Marquez Griffin, holding a youngster at gunpoint. According to The Blast, in a proclamation, they portrayed the scene and said:

“Upon appearance, the off the clock delegate alongside other sheriff’s representatives connected with the suspect who was holding a kid at gunpoint. Agents had the option to convince the subject to drop his weapon and get the kid to somewhere safe and secure.”
Following this, Marquez was promptly taken into police authority. The shooting left two kids, a 9-year-old kid, and a 1-year-old young lady dead. The Coahoma Region Sheriff’s Office has declined to deliver the names of the youthful casualties.

Prior to moving to Jonestown, Marquez Griffin supposedly lived in Arlington, Texas. He has been accused of two counts of homicide and two counts of exasperated attack and is by and by being held at the Coahoma District Grown-up Detainment Place.

The sheriff’s office has said that the thought process behind the shootings is as yet hazy as the case stays being scrutinized. While specialists have not delivered the names of the people in question, as per a report by WREG-television, the one-year-old young lady was distinguished by her family as Averi Jones.

Continuing coverage of a fatal #shooting in Jonestown, MS, just north of Clarksdale. Two kids, a one-year old girl (pictured) and a nine-year old boy, were shot at this apartment complex, the younger dying in route to the hospital. 25-year-old Marquez Griffin is in custody.

— Parker King (@King_Reports) January 9, 2023

Jones’ grandma addressed WREG-television and referenced that Marquez Griffin was supposedly companions with the casualty’s mom. She said:

“All I know is my grandbaby Averi Jones is gone and I simply believe everybody should realize that Averi Child was a sweet child. She didn’t merit this. She didn’t merit this. She didn’t merit this by any stretch of the imagination. Her mother let me know she was sleeping and he put a pad over her head and shot her in her mind.”
She additionally expressed that there were different youngsters in the condo during the prisoner circumstance.