A Lowndes County man was found shot to death at the club he owns on 538 Stinson Creek Road, of Highway 373, early Saturday morning.
And two Aberdeen men are in jail for the crime.
Clarence Trimble, 50, was found dead at the business by family members, said Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant.
“Some relatives went to the bar to check on Mr. Trimble last night, and found him,” Merchant said Saturday night.
Merchant pronounced Trimble dead at the scene shortly after 2:30 a.m., he said.
Trimble appears to have died of multiple gunshot wounds. His body was transported to the Lowndes County morgue and will be transported to Jackson for an autopsy this morning.
Cedrick Whitley, 23, of 20393 Egypt Road in Aberdeen, and Sylvester Johnson, 22, 1407 Cloverdale Place in Aberdeen, are charged with capital murder in the death, WCBI-TV reported. The two were arrested Saturday morning at Whitley”s home.
Lowndes County Sheriff”s Office Lt. Tony Perkins, who could not be reached by phone Saturday night, told WCBI the two suspects waited until other customers left sometime between midnight and 1 a.m., asked Trimble for change and shot him when he turned to open the cash register. Investigators told WCBI money was missing from the cash register.
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