Police searching for MS Coast teenager suspected of shooting two people
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- Police search for 18-year-old John C. Galloway Jr. in Bay St. Louis shooting.
- Two nonfatal gunshot victims found at MLK City Park and Old Spanish Trail scene.
- Authorities seek tips via CID, Hancock Dispatch, Crimestoppers and P3 app.
Police are searching for a teenager suspected of shooting two people on Saturday in Bay St. Louis, authorities said.
Police Chief Alvin Kingston said officers responded at 9:16 p.m. to the 300 block of Old Spanish Trail and found one victim with a gunshot wound. Another victim was also hospitalized. Police said both victims suffered non-fatal gunshot wounds.
Authorities are searching for John Christopher Galloway Jr., 18, of Bay St. Louis, who is wanted on suspicion of aggravated assault. Police described Galloway as 6 feet tall and 200 pounds, with brown eyes, brown hair and a skeleton tattoo on his right hand.
Police said Galloway and the victims know each other, and that the victims were shot in the 500 block of Washington Street at the Martin Luther King Jr. City Park.
Bay St. Louis police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact the Criminal Investigations Division at 228-466-5474, the Hancock County Dispatch Center at 228-255-9191, or Crimestoppers at www.mscoastcrimestoppers.com, by telephone at 1-877-787-5898 or by using the Crimestoppers “P3 TIPS” app on a mobile device.