Woman arrested in road rage shooting, man dies from wounds, Gulfport police say
UPDATE: Rose Madge Madison was arrested on July 20 and charged with one count of first-degree murder.
Gulfport police were advised on July 20 that the victim in the alleged road rage incident has died from his injuries.
Madison was taken to the Harrison County Adult Detention Center and is being held on $1 million bond.
The victim has not yet been identified.
ORIGINAL STORY: A 34-year-old woman has been arrested after allegedly shooting a man in his vehicle during “a road rage incident,” Gulfport police said Thursday afternoon.
Rose Madge Madison was arrested on one count of aggravated assault, and her bond was set at $150,000.
The man was shot multiple times, and he is in critical condition at a hospital, police Sgt. Jason Ducre’ said in a press release.
Detectives said Madison and the man got into a verbal fight at Three Rivers Road and Airport Road, and she followed the man to 41st Street and Searle Avenue.
Once the vehicles stopped, she fired at his vehicle, Ducre’ said in the release.
Gulfport police responded to the scene after getting a call at 10:08 a.m.
When officers arrived, Ducre’ said, they found a man on the ground outside a vehicle suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Gulfport Councilman Rusty Walker made a Facebook post about the shooting Thursday evening, saying he’s worried about gun violence in the city’s neighborhoods. But the solution needs to involve more than just police, he said.
“A real fix requires the engagement of other stakeholders. Agencies that provide job and career guidance, educational/vocational education, mental health counseling, drug and addiction treatment, housing services, and case management agencies are just some of the many needing to be fully engaged. Full wraparound services diverting people at high risk for violence need to be available in our community.”
Those services also need adequate funding, he said
Second shooting on Courthouse Road
The shooting is the second to occur in the city in the past 24 hours.
On Wednesday, Gulfport police arrested Terrance Cortney Hayes Jr., 18, on a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Raheem Omar Ramsey, 26.
That shooting occurred after the two men reportedly got into an argument, and Hayes pulled out a semi-automatic weapon and started shooting, police said.
Ramsey died at the scene of multiple gunshot wounds. That shooting happened in the parking lot of a restaurant on Courthouse Road.
Anyone with any information on either shooting should call Gulfport Police Department at 228-868-5959 or Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers at 877-787-5898.
This story was originally published July 8, 2021 at 11:39 AM.
