PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - Three Jackson County deputies have been cleared of wrongdoing in two separate 2016 shootings.
The Mississippi Press reports (https://bit.ly/2lAGwWw) that Sheriff Mike Ezell says the deputies involved are Jonathan Blakeney, Sgt. Mike Nutefall and Nathan Fisher.
Ezell says a grand jury found no criminal conduct by Blakeney and Nutefall, who shot 23-year-old Christian Bowman during a fight at a St. Martin hotel in May 2016. The deputies were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
A grand jury also cleared Nutefall and Fisher in the shooting of an Alabama woman in October 2016 during a high-speed chase along Interstate 10. Passenger Catrick Howell was shot while he was riding in a stolen truck that deputies were pursuing.
Ezell says all three deputies have returned to duty.
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This story has corrected the attribution of the member to the Mississippi Press, not the Sun Herald.
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Information from: The Sun Herald, https://www.sunherald.com
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