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Officials: Bicycle spat between children leads to deadly altercation between fathers. Mississippi man charged with murder. – Magnolia State Live
Officers: Bicycle spat between youngsters results in lethal altercation between fathers. Mississippi man charged with homicide.
Revealed 6:14 am Wednesday, September 7, 2022
A Mississippi man has been arrested for homicide after a battle over a bicycle between two youngsters led to a lethal altercation between fathers.
Antonio Barton, 37, has been charged with homicide after capturing and killing James Porter, 42, a distant cousin.
Officers with the Yazoo County Sheriff’s Division mentioned that Barton and Porter obtained into an altercation on Vaughan Highway shortly earlier than 3 p.m. Monday.
Each reportedly stopped their automobiles on the agricultural highway and obtained right into a verbal altercation a few battle two days earlier between their sons when Porter’s son accused Barton’s son of stealing a bicycle.
The verbal altercation between Barton and Porter turned bodily when Porter reportedly slapped Barton. Barton responded by capturing and killing Porter, officers mentioned.
Porter was arrested later within the day.