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Detective James Franklin Northcutt
Long Beach Police Department, MS
End of Watch: Wednesday, May 6, 1998
Weapon Used: Rifle; AR-15
Suspect Info: Shot and killed by other officers
Detective Northcutt was shot and killed after responding to a domestic
disturbance. Detective Northcutt and other officers had just arrived at the scene
when several shots were fired by the suspect with an AR-15 assault rifle.
Witnesses stated that when the suspect heard the sirens of the responding units
he put down the handgun he was holding and picked up the assault rifle. When the
units arrived on scene he opened fire on them. Detective Northcutt and Officer
Steve Morgan were both shot and killed and a third officer was shot and wounded.
The suspect, who was dressed in fatigues and wearing a bullet proof vest, was
shot and killed by an off duty officer from another department who was nearby.
Detective Northcutt is survived by his wife and five children. He had been a
detective for the LBPD for one year and had been in law enforcement for 33 years.
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2 Mississippi Cops, Suspect Killed
AP-NY-05-07-98, The Associated Press, By MARY FOSTER
LONG BEACH, Miss. (AP) - Clinton Byrd drove up to his girlfriend's house with
claims of undying love on his lips. But something else was on his mind.
“He came to die,'' said Jo Ann King, whose 17-year-old daughter, Tiffany, had
dated Byrd for four years. “I guess he was going to kill her and let the police kill
him.''
Instead, the 21-year-old security guard killed two police officers and wounded a
third before he was killed by an off-duty lawman who lived in the neighborhood.
“This doesn't surprise me. I knew something was going to happen,'' said Michael
Coates, the stepfather of Byrd's girlfriend. “It was a relationship that was over, a
lovesick person who was not going to give up.''
Byrd followed Miss King home Wednesday morning. He was wearing black fatigues
and a bulletproof vest and carrying weapons including an AR-15 assault rifle. Byrd
grabbed Miss King, slapped a handcuff onto her arm and dragged her into the
house where he intended to handcuff her to a post, Mrs. King said.
Mrs. King heard her daughter screaming, ran to the door and bit Byrd on the arm
until he released the girl.
The women ran from the house while a neighbor dialed 911. When the police
arrived, Byrd was waiting on the lawn and opened fire.
Killed were Steven Morgan, 38, who joined the police force in this quiet Gulf Coast
town in 1992, and James Northcutt, 53, a career officer.
The third officer was treated for minor injuries.