LAMAR COUNTY, MS. (THECOUNT) — Sgt. Shelton Jenkins of the Marion County Regional Correctional Facility was killed Thursday night in a crash involving a Lamar County Sheriff’s Office vehicle on U.S. Highway 98 near Graham Road in Mississippi.
The Marion County Regional Correctional Facility announced Jenkins’ death Friday. The facility listed Thursday, Nov. 5, as his end-of-watch date and expressed condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.
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The facility described his death as a tremendous loss to its staff and asked the community to keep his loved ones and fellow employees in their thoughts and prayers.
The available reports identify the crash as involving a Lamar County Sheriff’s Office vehicle, but do not provide further details about the circumstances of the collision, Jenkins’ role in the vehicle, or whether anyone else was injured.
Lamar County is in south-central Mississippi, in the Hattiesburg metropolitan area. The crash was reported on U.S. 98 near Granham Road; an exact address or mile marker has not been confirmed.
Approximate map: U.S. 98 near Granham Road, Lamar County, MS
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