Man arrested in shooting death of woman in Greenville

GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) – Police say a 64-year-old man has been arrested in the shooting death of woman in Greenville.

The Delta Democrat-Times reports Greenville Assistant Police Chief Michael Merchant says Patrick Parish was arrested and charged with murder in the death of a 43-year-old woman.

Merchant says police responded to a home early Sunday morning for a report of a person shot.

He says arriving officers found the woman who had been shot in the shoulder.

Washington County Coroner Methel Johnson says the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The woman’s identity is being withheld pending family notification.

The motive for the shooting remains unclear.