A homeowner shot a man Friday after he said the man was trespassing and carrying a stick, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said. The Sheriff’s Department was called about 10 a.m. to the 2500 block of South Pearson Road after someone reported a trespasser. The homeowner told deputies that he repeatedly told a man not to come onto his property. He confronted the man, who he said had a stick in his hand, Bailey said. The man came toward the homeowner, who was armed with a shotgun. The homeowner shot the man in the leg, Bailey said. "I heard three shots over there and I stopped to look, and on that fourth shot, he fell," witness Landon Ward said. "I didn't know it was him. I didn't know who it was. He just fell on the ground." The man was taken to a hospital. His condition was not known. No charges have been filed against the homeowner, Bailey said. The case will be sent to a grand jury.

A homeowner shot a man Friday after he said the man was trespassing and carrying a stick, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said.

The Sheriff’s Department was called about 10 a.m. to the 2500 block of South Pearson Road after someone reported a trespasser.


The homeowner told deputies that he repeatedly told a man not to come onto his property. He confronted the man, who he said had a stick in his hand, Bailey said. The man came toward the homeowner, who was armed with a shotgun. The homeowner shot the man in the leg, Bailey said.

"I heard three shots over there and I stopped to look, and on that fourth shot, he fell," witness Landon Ward said. "I didn't know it was him. I didn't know who it was. He just fell on the ground."

The man was taken to a hospital. His condition was not known.

No charges have been filed against the homeowner, Bailey said. The case will be sent to a grand jury.