ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a 32-year-old Itta Bena man shot and injured his 18-year-old girlfriend before returning to his apartment and killing himself.
The Greenwood Commonwealth (http://bit.ly/oTIIml ) reports that Leflore County deputies found Tyrone Swinney dead in his bedroom late Monday, with a .25-caliber pistol by his side.
Sheriff Ricky Banks says Swinney's girlfriend, Taniqua Jones, told investigators that Swinney had been drinking gin and was upset because he thought Jones had stayed too long that day at Mississippi Delta Community College, where she's a student.
Banks says witnesses told investigators that Swinney was "real possessive," and that he shot Jones while she was outside.
Authorities say Jones was shot once the back of the head but the bullet didn't penetrate her skull. She was treated Greenwood Leflore Hospital, then released.
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