A 61-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a fatal shooting, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said. James Wilson, 65, of Mendenhall, was shot about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in a wooded area near the 600 block of White Road in the Florence area, authorities said. His son led deputies to his father, who Bailey said was suffering an obvious gunshot wound to the chest. Wilson was flown to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where he died Thursday, authorities said. "Due to the unusual circumstances surrounding the shooting, several investigators from the sheriff's office along with officers from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks responded to the scene and began a thorough investigation," Bailey said in a news release.A manslaughter charge is different from a murder charge in that it does not require premeditation and can involve culpable negligence, a legal adviser for the sheriff’s department said. Donald Vann Snead, 61, who was at the scene at the time of the shooting, was arrested, Bailey said. A judge set bond at $75,000 for Snead, of Clinton, during a court hearing Thursday.

A 61-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a fatal shooting, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said.


James Wilson, 65, of Mendenhall, was shot about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in a wooded area near the 600 block of White Road in the Florence area, authorities said. His son led deputies to his father, who Bailey said was suffering an obvious gunshot wound to the chest. Wilson was flown to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where he died Thursday, authorities said.

"Due to the unusual circumstances surrounding the shooting, several investigators from the sheriff's office along with officers from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks responded to the scene and began a thorough investigation," Bailey said in a news release.

A manslaughter charge is different from a murder charge in that it does not require premeditation and can involve culpable negligence, a legal adviser for the sheriff’s department said.

Donald Vann Snead, 61, who was at the scene at the time of the shooting, was arrested, Bailey said. A judge set bond at $75,000 for Snead, of Clinton, during a court hearing Thursday.