OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — Sheriff’s deputies arrested two suspects in a weekend double homicide on Kincaid Road.
Travis Chandler, 34, and Devon Chandler, 27, both of Starkville, turned themselves in to authorities at the Oktibbeha County Jail at 2:30 p.m. Monday, a sheriff’s office press release said. Both are charged with murder.
Jordan Mitchell, 21, and Kaiden Evans, 18, both of Starkville, died Sunday after suffering multiple gunshot wounds, Deputy Coroner Billy Miller told The Dispatch.
The shooting occurred during a party at about 2:30 a.m. Both victims were taken to OCH Regional Medical Center, where they died from injuries, Miller said.
The bodies of Mitchell and Evans were taken to a crime lab in Pearl for autopsies, and the shooting remains under investigation.
Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to contact OCSO at (662) 323-2421 or Golden Triangle Crime Stoppers at (800) 530-7151.
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