Two Columbus men indicted for the 2016 murder of a Mississippi State University student pleaded not guilty in separate appearances in Lowndes County Circuit Court Wednesday.
A grand jury indicted Syboris Pippins, 19, and Jaylen Barker, 21, of capital murder in the commission of robbery last week. Pippins and Barker are accused of shooting and killing Joseph Tillman, 21, in Starkville's Cotton District on Nov. 6, 2016.
According to police, Tillman was walking along Maxwell Street when a group o
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