Oct. 20 shooting suspect’s charges upgraded to capital murder
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Thursday morning the suspect in the Oct. 20 shooting death of three people in the 2400 block of Fourth Avenue had his charges upgraded from two counts of murder and attempted murder to three counts of capital murder.
Thursday morning Meridian Municipal Court Judge Dustin Markham held an initial appearance for Tommy Lard, 28, following the death of the third shooting victim in the incident Oct. 20 at the 2400 block of Fourth Ave.
The hearing was held in the briefing room of the Meridian Police Department as the city’s normal courtroom had other matters being attended to therein. In addition to the three charges of capital murder, Lard is also charged with shooting into a dwelling and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Lard was originally charged with murder in the shooting deaths of two of the victims, but when the third recently passed the charges were upgraded to capital murder pursuant to Miss. Code section 97-3-19 (2)(i), which states that, “Murder of three (3) or more persons who are killed incident to one (1) act, scheme, course of conduct or criminal episode,” shall be classified as capi...