DESOTO CO., Miss. (WMC) - DeSoto Co. deputies shot and killed a man they say was armed with a handgun.

A noise complaint led the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office to a home on Bankston Road shortly after midnight on Sunday, where they found a large crowd of teenagers.

While breaking up the crowd, deputies were alerted that someone up a hill was shooting.

Moments later, they noticed someone with a handgun who refused to drop the weapon and instead pointed it at them, and deputies fired their weapons, according to the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies say the suspect died from his wounds. No one else was injured.

The suspect was identified as Rylee James Westmoreland

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