A juvenile faces multiple charges, including capital murder, in the death of Yazoo City man earlier this year.
Azarion Hatcher, 17, was charged as an adult with capital murder, home invasion, robbery, kidnapping and carjacking after being released to the Yazoo City Police Department from a Jackson law enforcement agency.
Police Chief Terry Gann said Hatcher was being held with the Jackson Police Department on unrelated charges prior to being released to the local authorities.
The case involves the death of Wiltavious Knox, who passed away on Jan. 10 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center from gunshot wounds stemming from the Yazoo City shooting. The shooting occurred last December at a home on Jackson Avenue.
“We had a report of male subjects walking in the Jackson Avenue and Eleventh Street area,” Gann said, in a previous interview. “When officers arrived, they did not find the subjects. But they did discover a vehicle that had been reported stolen out of Jackson.”
Gann said his department had the stolen vehicle towed before leaving the area. Moments later, reports came in of shots being fired in the same neighborhood.
“A male victim (Knox) had been shot multiple times, including a head wound,” Gann said. “He was taken to a Jackson hospital by an ambulance. Inside the home, we also discovered a female victim, who had been tied up.”
Gann said no other injuries were reported, adding that the suspects allegedly fled the area in a stolen Silver Dodge Challenger.
Yazoo County Coroner Ricky Shivers said Knox was later pronounced dead at the Jackson hospital on Jan. 10 at 9:44 p.m.
Hatcher was first picked up by Jackson authorities, following an investigation with a string of carjackings in the metro area.
“We issued warrants for Hatcher’s arrest, and when he was picked up by Jackson officers, those active warrants appeared in the system,” Gann said. “Jackson authorities turned him over to us following their own separate investigation.”
