Lt. Troy Morris was a 27-year veteran of the Army.
Three men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Mississippi Highway Patrol officer while he was moonlighting as a postal worker.
Lt. Troy Morris, 58, was working his second job for the USPS and drove into a mail carrier early Friday morning when he called highway patrol and the Sheriff’s Office of Jefferson County to report them on a flat tire, police said.
“We sent out a deputy who arrived a while later and found that Mr. Morris had been shot dead in his truck,” Jefferson County Sheriff James Bailey told reporters.
Morris was a 27-year veteran with the force, according to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. Sean Tindell, of the Mississippi Public Safety Commission, said in a statement that he was in contact with the Morris family and they have received an outpouring of support from around the state, including Goate Tate Reeves.
On Saturday, Treyon Washington, 24, Damion Whittley, 25, and Cdarrius Norman, 17, were arrested and charged with murder in connection with Morris’ death.
Washington was arrested in Jefferson County while Whittley and Norman were seized in New Orleans.
There were no signs of theft from the truck, according to investigators. Norman and Whittley are awaiting extradition back to Mississippi, investigators said.
The investigation is ongoing, according to researchers.
“While we are pleased with the progress of this investigation, we realize that there is a lot of work to be done,” said Colonel Randy Ginn of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol in a statement.
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