STARKVILLE — Starkville police are investigating a deadly shooting Saturday morning after a high school graduation party.
At 1:11 a.m. Saturday, officers with the Starkville Police Department responded to a call of shots fired in the vicinity of Club 124, where a high school graduation party was being held.
“Upon arrival, (officers) found one person down and three (had been) transported to the Oktibbeha County hospital,” SPD Sgt. Chadd Garnett said, in reference to OCH Regional Medical Center.
Curtis Randle, 25, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Of those transported to Oktibbeha County Hospital, one was treated and released and two were admitted in stable condition, Garnett said. He declined to release the names and ages of the victims.
About 4 a.m. Saturday, Dennis Thompson, 18, was arrested and charged with murder and three counts of aggravated assault in the shooting.
Thompson, a football player at Starkville High School, just completed his junior year.
The investigation into the shooting is ongoing, Garnett said.
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