Crime

Gulfport man is 4th person to die after mass shooting at New Year’s Eve party, coroner says

Chairs sit around a makeshift fire pit from a party on a property on Lewis Avenue in the Gaston Point community in Gulfport, the site of a New Years’ Eve shooting that killed three, on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2021.
Chairs sit around a makeshift fire pit from a party on a property on Lewis Avenue in the Gaston Point community in Gulfport, the site of a New Years’ Eve shooting that killed three, on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2021. Hannah Ruhoff

A fourth victim of a mass shooting outside a Gulfport home on New Year’s Eve died of multiple gunshot wounds at Memorial Hospital on Sunday night, Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer said.

Nathaniel Harris, 52 Gulfport, died around 8 p.m. Sunday, Switzer said. Harris had been hospitalized since the shooting happened just before midnight Friday outside of a home in the 1200 block of Lewis Street in Gaston Point.

An autopsy is planned this week.

Gulfport police said the shooting happened after a fight broke out and multiple people opened fire on a crowd using assault rifles and handguns.

The other homicide victims are:

  • Corey Dubose, 23, of D’Iberville
  • Sedrick McCord, 28, of Gulfport
  • Aubrey Lewis, 22, of Bay St. Louis

Since the shooting, Gulfport Police Chief Chris Ryle has called on witnesses and victims to cooperate with law enforcement to help identify the shooters.

To report information, call Gulfport police at 228-868-5959 or Crime Stoppers at 877-787-5898.

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Margaret Baker
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Margaret is an investigative reporter whose search for truth exposed corrupt sheriffs, a police chief and various jailers and led to the first prosecution of a federal hate crime for the murder of a transgendered person. She worked on the Sun Herald’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Hurricane Katrina team. When she pursues a big story, she is relentless.
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