The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the shooting death of a Claiborne County sheriff’s deputy.
The Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office announced the reward Monday night, less than 24 hours after Deputy Terrian Bailey was shot and killed while reportedly attempting to calm an unruly crowd at a convenience store near Hermanville.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said the shooting happened shortly after midnight Monday in the parking lot of Michael Dean’s Convenience Store on Highway 18.
According to MBI, gunfire was directed toward a crowd gathered in the parking lot after a local festival, striking Bailey and a female bystander.
Bailey was taken to a hospital, where he later died from his injuries. The female bystander was also hospitalized with injuries believed to be non-life-threatening. Her identity has not been released.
Sheriff Edward L. Goods urged anyone with information to come forward, regardless of how insignificant it may seem.
“Someone knows something,” Goods said. “Information from the public could be the missing piece needed to help bring answers and justice to the deputy’s family, fellow law enforcement officers, and our entire community.”
Information can be submitted to the FBI, the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office, or MBI.
No arrests or suspect information had been announced as of Monday night. Authorities have not said what led to the gunfire or whether Bailey was the intended target.
Bailey was a husband and father of four and had been with the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office for six years.
