Before he died, a MS Coast man begged relative to call 911 in fatal shooting, records say
A Saucier man accused in the shooting death of his grandfather threatened to kill another relative who found the victim bleeding and pleading for someone to dial 911 for help, according to new records filed in the case.
Jacob Matthew McDonough, 26, is jailed on a first-degree murder charge and two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer in connection with the Oct. 6 shooting at 2173 East Adams Road.
The relative said he left the property and dialed 911 after he found Hugh Polk, 85, on the ground bleeding, and McDonough walked out of a blue cottage on the property and made the threat.
McDonough lived in one home on the property and his grandfather lived in another.
When Harrison County sheriff’s deputies responded, they found Polk dead of gunshot wounds in the front yard of his home.
Deputies spotted McDonough fleeing the scene in vehicle as they headed north to find the victim.
McDonough rammed two sheriff’s department SUV’s during a vehicle chase before a sheriff’s K-9 officer apprehended him on the frontage road at U.S. 49, the records say.
A Harrison County sheriff’s investigator requested a warrant to draw blood from McDonough to determine whether he was under the influence of narcotics or drugs at the time.
Judge Diane Ladner set McDonough’s total bond at $1.5 million. He remains jailed in Harrison County.
This story was originally published October 11, 2022 at 1:08 PM.
