Picayune Police dispatched twice in reference to gunshots being fired

Picayune Police were dispatched to two separate incidents where gunshots were fired in a span of seven hours this past weekend according to Assistant Police Chief Dustin Moeller.

Moeller said that on Saturday (August 31, 2019) at approximately 6:00 p.m., officers were dispatched to the Shell gas station at 1100 Memorial Blvd in reference to an apparent shooting. When officers arrived, they spoke with multiple witnesses who advised that a black male was at a gas pump when another vehicle pulled up. A passenger in the vehicle exited his vehicle and began to assault the male at the pump according to Moeller.

Moeller said that the male who was being assaulted reached into his vehicle and retrieved a firearm and then fired a shot at the person who had assaulted him. The person who was shot at fled the scene on foot. Officers later spoke with the person who had fled and the officers were able to confirm that he was not hit by the shot fired at him.

The person who fired the shot was detained for questioning and Moeller said the case will be turned over to the District Attorney's office.