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Shooting Victim
Logan Wainwright
Alabama man killed. Shooter hospitalized with serious injuries.
By RUSSELL TURNER – Herald Editor
Greene County authorities are continuing their investigation into a shooting near Leakesville on Saturday that left one man dead and another hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
Officers were called to a residence at 12314 Old Hwy. 63-N, Lucedale, just before 9 p.m., concerning the incident. A female caller told dispatchers that two people had been shot and were possibly deceased.
Deputies arriving on scene found one person deceased in the driver’s seat of a Dodge Challenger parked in the driveway of the residence. The victim was identified as 22-year-old Logan Wainwright, of Mt. Vernon, Ala. A second individual, identified as Michael Anthony Holder, 37, of 36253 Hwy. 57 South, Leakesville, was found lying on the ground in the back yard of the property, suffering from at least one gunshot wound.
According to Greene County Sheriff Stanley McLeod, investigators immediately processed the scene and interviewed several people involved in the incident. Sheriff McLeod said investigators believe Holder arrived at his ex-wife Renee Holder’s residence earlier in the evening and was waiting on her and Wainwright to return. When they did, Holder reportedly emerged from inside the residence and began firing an assault-style rifle at the vehicle. Multiple shots are said to have entered the vehicle through the front windshield, striking Wainwright.
Renee Holder’s stepfather, who lives nearby, told investigators he heard gunshots and rushed to the scene to see what was going on. The step-father, identified by authorities as Gary Lockley, told officers at the scene that Michael Holder began firing at him when he arrived and that he returned fire.
Sheriff McLeod said an assault rifle and two empty magazines, presumably belonging to Michael Holder, were found in the yard of the residence, and that two handguns were found on the ground near where Holder was found lying.
While the investigation is far from complete, there is reason to believe the incident may have been a planned murder-suicide situation.
“At this time, deputies are still investigating whether Mr. Holder’s injuries are self-inflicted or if Mr. Holder was hit during the exchange of gunfire,” McLeod said in a statement released to the press early Monday afternoon. “No further information can be released at this time.”
Sheriff McLeod said Holder was taken by ambulance to Greene County Hospital and immediately airlifted to Hattiesburg’s Forrest General Hospital and ultimately to a hospital in Jackson. As of late Tuesday, no details were available on his condition.
There were no reports of Renee Holder or Lockley sustaining injuries during the incident.
Across the state line in the Citronelle community, friends and family are remembering Wainwright as a popular multi-sport athlete at Citronelle High School.
Citronelle Mayor Jason Stringer told the Call-News that Wainwright was a teammate with his son and a regular visitor to his family home that will be missed.
“Logan was as fine of a man as you could ask for and he had a heart of gold and he was someone who never left you wondering where you stood with him,” Stringer said. ““This situation is heartbreaking for his family and in my opinion our entire community.”
“Logan had a passion for kids and became active as a coach with our youth football program. The only positive thing that I have been able to find in this is Logan is reunited with his dad who he adored and aspired to be like. We can find peace in knowing that our loss is heaven’s gain.”
As of press time, funeral arrangements had not been announced for Wainwright.
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