Three teens have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 60-year-old man who was working as a security guard at a gas station convenience store.
Roy Love, 60, was  âjust doing his job,â when he was gunned down early Monday, Jackson, Mississippi, Police Chief Joseph Wade stated, according to WAPT-TV.
Love was working at the M&M Food Mart when at about 1:30 a.m. Monday he told three teenagers to leave the property.
âThey attacked him, took his weapon and fired on him with their weapon,â Wade said Monday.
âThis was very bold,â Wade said, referencing surveillance video.
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Kadaris Cohen, 16, Trent Wooten and Zaylon Norton, both 17, were arrested and charged with capital murder, Wade said, according to WLBT-TV.
Love was mourned by residents of the neighborhood where the attack took place.
âI canât believe it, man,â Tony Williams, who said he spoke to Love hours before the killing.
âHe was well known in the neighborhood, a neighborhood legend. He came to work every day. He stayed in the area. All the people know him. [He is] a great guy. Itâs mind-blowing. I was just here last night talking to him,â he said.
âWe joked, [and] laughed. I just hate to see him gone. He will be missed,” he said.
Mississippi security guard shot, killed.Two 17-year-old boys and a 16-year-old boy were charged with capital murder in connection with the incident.
Roy Love, 60, working security at M&M Food Express in Jackson, Mississippi, when he was shot and killed. https://t.co/hIDNqjke5o
â JB (@LurkingEye) July 9, 2024
âThis man gets up every day and comes to work, and for them to try and take his little gun from him, thatâs just sad,â Jackie Kitchens, who knew Love, said.
âHe sees us pull up out here. If itâs women, heâs going to come out here to make sure weâre in there safe and come back to our cars safe,â she said.
“It was a robbery,” Wade said, according to the Clarion-Ledger.
“Based on the information we got, they were trying to steal the security guard’s gun, and they succeeded. They got it. And they took his life in the process. Unbelievable,â he said.
Wade said bond has been denied for the three suspects.