2 set for trial in shooting at FedEx driver in Mississippi

BROOKHAVEN, MISS. — BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — An August trial has been set for 2 white males in Mississippi who’re accused of chasing and capturing at a Black FedEx driver who had dropped off a package deal at a house.

Brandon Case and his father, Gregory Charles Case, had been indicted in November on costs of tried first-degree homicide, conspiracy and capturing into the automobile of D’Monterrio Gibson in January 2022.

On Monday, Lincoln County Circuit Court docket Choose David Sturdy set Aug. 8 because the beginning date for his or her trial, the Each day Chief reported.

Gibson, who was 24 on the time, was not injured. However the chase and gunfire sparked social media complaints of racism in Brookhaven, about 55 miles (90 kilometers) south of the state capital, Jackson.

Throughout a information convention days after the incident, Gibson mentioned he was carrying a FedEx uniform and was driving an unmarked van that FedEx had rented when he dropped off a package deal at a home. He mentioned as he was leaving, he observed a white pickup truck pulling away from one other home on the identical giant lot.

Gibson mentioned the pickup driver tried to chop him off as he left the driveway. Gibson mentioned he swerved across the driver after which encountered a second man who had a gun pointed on the van and was motioning for him to cease. Gibson mentioned the person fired as he drove away, damaging the van and packages inside. He mentioned the white pickup chased him to Interstate 55 close to Brookhaven earlier than ending the pursuit.

Carlos Moore, an lawyer representing Gibson in a civil lawsuit in federal courtroom, in contrast the incident to the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was working empty-handed by means of a Georgia subdivision in 2020 when three white strangers chased him down and blasted him with a shotgun.

The lawsuit that Moore filed on behalf of Gibson in January 2023 continues to be pending. It’s towards FedEx, the town of Brookhaven, Brookhaven Police Chief Kenny Collins, Brandon Case and Gregory Charles Case.