SALLIS, MS (WLBT) – A small Attala County town is questioning whether a weekend
chase and fatal shooting should be investigated as a Hate Crime. Sheriff’s
department officials met with residents are asking for justice in the murder of
Cedric Sharkey. More than 125 people crowded into New St. James Church of Christ
to find out more about Saturday’s investigation in Sallis where 24 year old
Cedric Sharkey was found shot in the woods following a chase on Attala Road
4106. "They had no business, no business, none chasing behind somebody taking
the law into your own hands," said one woman sitting in the audience. Attala
County’s Sheriff William Lee and Investigator Zeile Shaw answered questions from
those in attendance. Law officers said 52 year old Frankie Barber and 42 year
old Barry Ware of Sallis are charged with the fatal shooting. One weapon is
being processed by the State Crime Lab. The two told investigators Sharkey fired
at them first, but no other weapon has been found. "It is revealed up to this
point in time we do not believe he had a weapon," said Investigator Shaw when
asked if Sharkey had a gun. Residents voiced concerns about witnesses seeing
four people in the truck chasing the shooting victim while only two were
charged. Relatives said Barber accused Sharkey of stealing iron from his
property then later chased his car
causing it to crash. "Frankie his son, his son-in-law and his daughter they
pulled up. The son jumped out and said ‘Yall been the ones taking our stuff."
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