MOSS POINT, Miss. (WLOX) - How does a former mayoral candidate and longtime pastor end up in a deadly shootout ? And who murdered two people found dead in their home? There are many unanswered questions surrounding these crimes committed in Moss Point. Tuesday, the mayor described the incidents as horrific.

Mayor Billy Knight told WLOX News, he received a text around eight o’clock Monday night: Richard McBride had been shot and was rushed to the hospital.

Within the hour, he got a follow-up text: McBride was dead.

“I just really hate so badly that he got into this altercation,” Knight said. “They both had guns, and they both shot each other. It’s unfortunate.”

The shootout happened on Donovan Street at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Yellow crime scene tap

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