The man who was shot multiple times in a firefight with Lowndes County deputies died at the hospital Monday. Meanwhile, five deputies have been placed on administrative leave with pay pending an investigation.
John Rogers Montgomery, who was in his mid-30s and lived at 249 Askew Road in Lowndes County, opened fire on deputies Monday morning as they were searching for him.
Montgomery, who had threatened family members the previous day and evaded capture, had been off of his paranoid schizophrenia medication since December, according to Sheriff Butch Howard.
The five deputies, including Chief Deputy Greg Wright, who were searching for Montgomery on Monday returned fire, hitting him at least twice in the upper side and right hip.
Those deputies will be on leave until the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation concludes its investigation.
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