3 Lucedale Men Held in Murder

Courtsey of Sun Herald/April 19
By ROYCE ARMSTRONG
LUCEDALE --The George County Sheriff's Department has charged two more Lucedale men with murder in the April 2 shooting of Matthew Rogers.
Daniel Ray Hancock, 28, and Kevin D. Davis, 19, made first appearances before Justice Court Judge M.L. Goff on Tuesday. Bond was set at $200,000 for each. Both are being held in the George County Regional Correctional Facility.
The George County Sheriff's Department responded to a 911 call and found Rogers shot to death at a residence on Old Mobile Highway near the Rocky Creek community.
An initial investigation found that three men besides the victim were present at the scene when the shooting took place. All three immediately became suspects in the case, according to George County Sheriff Garry Welford. Only one of the men was still at the scene when deputies and emergency personnel arrived.
Jeremy Pitts, 27, was arrested and charged with murder the day following the shooting.
Evidence produced by the investigation led to the additional arrests.
The Sheriff's Department declined to comment on a possible motive for the crime, the number of times the victim was shot, the type and caliber of weapon used or the number of weapons used in the shooting.
The investigation is continuing, according to a Sheriff's Department press release.