Ex-deputy charged after suspect shot in head

A former Bolivar County Sheriff's deputy has been arrested following an indictment involving the shooting of a suspect, Attorney General Jim Hood said Friday.

Walter Grant was arrested Thursday by investigators with the attorney general's Public Integrity Division following indictment by a Bolivar County grand jury on charges of manslaughter. The indictment alleges that Grant, while working at the Bolivar County Sheriff's Department, used excessive force when he shot a suspect in the head while the man was resisting arrest.

The district attorney's office recused itself from the case since it involved a local law enforcement officer. Special Assistant Attorney General Marvin Sanders will prosecute the case.

Grant faces up to 20 years in prison.