Willie Ike Harris

How they died

Suicide

Deputies with the Yalobusha County Sheriff's Office were called to a home in the county around 5:30 p.m. for a reported shooting. When they arrived, two women had been shot and killed, and the alleged killer, William Ike Harris, was still in the home. Harris reportedly barricaded himself inside the home, and multiple agencies responded to the scene. The standoff lasted for five hours before Harris shot and killed himself.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Willie Ike Harris, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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