A McComb man has been charged with the Sunday morning shooting death of a man in Burglund.
Michael Alexander, 33, 455 Universal St., has been charged with murder of Garland R. Monley.
Detective Deska Varnado said officers responded to a call of shots fired at Community Park Apartments, 120 Gillis Circle, at 1:15.
Varnado said Community Park Apartments security guards initially called 911 when the shooting happened.
He said Monley, 38, was sitting in the passenger seat of a 2015 Chrysler 300 at the guard shack when Alexander allegedly approached the driver’s side and opened fire.
Varnado said Alexander began shooting through the window, striking Monley once in the left side with a small-caliber handgun.
He said the bullet that killed Monley beneath his left armpit.
Varnado said no motive has been established.
Pike County Coroner Percy Pittman said Monley went by ambulance to Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:58 a.m.
Pittman said he was called to the hospital at 2:15 a.m. after attempts to revive Monley were unsuccessful.
Pittman said Monley’s body has been sent to Jackson for an autopsy.
Varnado said the initial findings of the investigation pointed to Alexander as the gunman.
Officers located Alexander around 3:30 p.m. Monday at Community Parks and arrested him.
Detectives then interviewed Alexander and charged him with Monley’s murder.
Varnado said Alexander was recently paroled from state prison after serving six years of a 10-year sentence for aggravated assault and drug possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute.
In 2010, Alexander stabbed his ex-girlfriend, Anita Smith, at the corner of Jackson Avenue and Mississippi Street.
Alexander was sentenced in to five years on each charge.
Both of Alexander’s offenses were in Pike County.
He served six of the 10 years and was on probation when Sunday’s shooting occured.
Alexander remained in the Pike County jail this morning in lieu of $100,000 bond.
He faces arraignment during a hearing at 1 p.m. Wednesday in McComb Municipal Court.
Monley’s funeral arrangements are incomplete with Young’s Funeral Home in Summit.
