ROBINSONVILLE, MS. (THECOUNT) — Alanitra Adam-Banks, 31, was shot and killed Saturday afternoon at an apartment complex in Robinsonville, Tunica County, Mississippi. Her husband, James Banks, 54, also of Robinsonville, later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while sitting inside his vehicle outside the Tunica County Sheriff’s Office, authorities said.
Deputies received a 911 call around 12:51 p.m. Nov. 14 reporting a shooting at The Lexington Apartments on Old Highway 61 North in Robinsonville, a community in northwestern Mississippi about 30 miles southwest of Memphis, Tennessee.
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During the call, the person reporting the shooting identified Banks as the suspected shooter and said he was the victim’s husband, according to the Tunica County Sheriff’s Office.
When deputies and emergency medical personnel arrived, they found Adam-Banks suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics attempted to save her, but she died at the scene. The Tunica County coroner pronounced her dead.
Deputies later contacted Banks by telephone. He told authorities he was on his way to the sheriff’s office to turn himself in.
Banks arrived at the sheriff’s office a short time later. Deputies approached him while he was seated inside his vehicle in the parking lot. Banks then shot himself, according to the sheriff’s office.
Deputies and first responders attempted lifesaving measures, but Banks died at the scene. The coroner pronounced him dead.
The Tunica County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide. Authorities have not publicly disclosed a motive or additional details about the circumstances leading up to the shooting.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Tunica County Sheriff’s Office at 662-363-1411.
The shooting occurred at The Lexington Apartments, 11562 Old Highway 61 North, in Robinsonville, also known as Tunica Resorts. The community is in Tunica County, near the Mississippi-Tennessee border and southwest of Memphis.
Google Maps: The Lexington Apartments, Robinsonville, MS (reported location)
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