The investigation continues into the deaths of three young people shot while riding in a car on Robinsonville Road last week.
The Tunica County Sheriff's Department said the woman killed in the shooting was pregnant and that has prompted authorities to say they will pursue capital murder charges once the shooter or shooters are arrested.
The update in this triple homicide comes after preliminary autopsy reports were obtained by authorities from the Mississippi Crime Lab.
"Deshun Montarrio Isabell was not shot but died as the result of trauma sustained in the vehicle accident," Tunica Sheriff K.C. Hamp said in a statement released Friday afternoon, Nov. 17. "Steve Dewayne Burts had been shot multiple times. Burts was the driver of the vehicle. Tednequa Tenice Moore was also shot multiple times and was pregnant with a unborn child. Capital murder shall be sought."
In Mississippi killing a woman with an unborn child is deemed capital murder. A person convicted of capital murder can face the dealth penalty if convicted of the crime.
the Tunica County Sheriff’s Department received a call at 9:24 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, from a passerby that a vehicle had run off the road and was possibly on fire on Casino Center Drive in Robinsonville, just north of Tunica.
Officers arrived on the scene in less than two minutes and found a bullet-riddled car had left the roadway and hit a utility pole.
The ages of those killed in the incident -- 23-, 24- and 25-years-old -- has shocked the community.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol Crime Scene Unit, Investigators from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation along with a Mississippi Highway Patrol Accident Reconstruction Team are assisting with the investigation. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has also been requested as evidence is recovered in this triple homicide.
The Sheriff Hamp said anyone with any information about these homicides should notify the Tunica County Sheriff’s Office at 662-363-1411 or Tunica County CrimeStoppers at 662-910-0400. All calls to CrimeStoppers are anonymous and can result in a substantial reward for facts that result in an arrest and conviction.
Anyone with knowledge about this shooting can be charged as an accessory for failing to contact authorities.
