LONG BEACH, Miss. (WLOX) — A South Mississippi homicide suspect was shot while being taken into custody in Pensacola, Florida, Friday after two bodies were found in a Long Beach home earlier in the day, the Long Beach Police Department said.
Long Beach Police Chief Billy Seal said suspect Richard Timothy Ward was arrested after an officer-involved shooting with Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies.
About 10:15 a.m., Long Beach police responded to a home on Lantana Boulevard after a reported shooting, Chief Seal said. There, officers found two bodies inside the home. One person appeared to have died from natural causes, while the second appeared to have been shot to death, Seal said.
Chief Seal said investigators identified a vehicle that was involved in the incident and named Ward as a suspect. Both Ward and the vehicle were later located in Pensacola, he said…