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WEBVTT DETERMINE WHO SHOTAND KILLED THE NURSE AND DEPUTY,AND WHY.MADISON COUNTY INVESTIGATORS AREWORKING TO ANSWER KEY QUESTIONSABOUT WHO SHOT AND KILLED AHINDS COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY ANDNURSE.WAS IT A MURDER-SUICIDE?WHO SHOT WHOM?>> IT COULD BE A MURDER-SUICIDE,IT COULD BE A HOMICIDE, WE JUSTDON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT.ROSS: DEPUTIES REMOVED WHATLOOKED LIKE A HINDS COUNTYSHERIFF'S UNIFORM AND BULLETPROOF VEST FROM THE MADISONCOUNTY HOME WHERE DARRYL DAVISAND LAKRISNA MYERS WERE FOUNDDEAD WEDNESDAY EVENING.INVESTIGATORS ALSO FOUNDSOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD BE AKEY PIECE OF EVIDENCE.>> ONE WEAPON WAS RECOVERED ONSEEN, A 9 MILLIMETER SEMIAUTOMATIC HANDGUN THAT'S BEENIDENTIFIED AS BELONGING TO THEHINDS COUNTY SHERIFF'SDEPARTMENT.ROSS: THE MADISON SHERIFF SAIDMYERS OWNED THE HOUSE, AND DAVISWAS HER LIVE IN BOYFRIEND.DEPUTIES WERE SENT TO THE HOUSEIN JANUARY FOR A DOMESTIC CALLAFTER MYERS CALLED THEM.DETECTIVES ARE LOOKING ATWHETHER THEIR RELATIONSHIP HADGONE SOUTH.>> I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYFAMILY THROUGH ANYTHING MORETHEN THEY ARE ALREADY GOINGTHROUGH BY THINKING SOMETHINGTHAT MAY PROVE TO BE NOT TRUE.ROSS: MYERS' FAMILY SAID SHE HADA 10-YEAR-OLD SON AND SHE WORKEDAS A NURSE AT THE RAYMONDDETENTION CENTER.SHERIFF VICTOR MASON SAID DAVISHAD BEEN A DEPUTY FOR THE PASTFEW YEARS.

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The Madison County sheriff is investigating a murder-suicide involving a Hinds County deputy and his girlfriend, who worked as a jail nurse. Deputy Darryl Ethan Davis, 26, and Lakrisna "Kris" Myers, 28, were found dead Wednesday afternoon, Madison County Sheriff Randy Tucker said. Forensic evidence shows that Myers shot Davis and then turned the gun on herself, Madison County Coroner Alex Breeland said. Myers shot herself more than once, Breeland said. "One weapon was recovered on-scene: a 9-mm semi-automatic handgun that's been identified as belonging to the Hinds County Sheriff's Department," Tucker said. Madison County sheriff’s deputies made a welfare check about 4 p.m. Wednesday at a home in the Northwind subdivision after Davis and Myers failed to show up for work, Tucker said. Deputies found the bodies in the family room, according to the coroner. Tucker said Davis was Myers' live-in boyfriend. "There was some type of relationship that had possibly gone south, (but) we don't know," Tucker said. "At this point, we have not laid out a scenario as to what happened. We're still in the investigative process." Investigators believe the shootings took place sometime Wednesday morning. “It took all of us by surprise,” said Hinds County Sheriff Victor Mason. “I knew Darryl as a good police officer, a good sheriff’s deputy.” Mason said that Davis cared about the community and the department and said his death is a big loss. Myers' 10-year-old son was not present at the time of the shooting, Tucker said. Myers was an employee of Quality Correctional Health Care. In a statement issued Thursday, the company said that Myers was a loving mother and an excellent nurse. "We offer our deepest condolences to both families, and offer prayers of healing and comfort," said Justin A. Barkley, QCHC vice president and chief operating officer.