Former Yazoo City Police Chief Jay Winstead has been charged with capital murder.
Around 6 p.m. on Wednesday the Yazoo County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call that a man had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Timothy Byrd was found dead at his home off of Dover Road.
Winstead was on the scene and was interviewed by investigators. After investigating, officers believed that the gunshot wound was not self-inflicted. They also believed that there were discrepancies in Winstead’s account of what happened.
Winstead was arrested Friday and charged with capital murder.
More details will be reported as they become available.
