Bryant Ward.
It’s believable that the white victim viewed Mr. Ward with suspicion.
I mean, just look at him.
I wouldn’t want that Strange Fruit in my neighborhood either.
The affidavit of complaint against Bryant Ward, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Bryan Hervey indicates that the two lived near each other on the same Cordova street.
And it says, Hervey, 61, may have been shot because Ward, 24, didn’t like the way Hervey looked at him.
According to the report, on May 15 sheriff’s deputies responded to a shooting call at about 2:30 a.m. on the 1200 block of Linnean Cove. Hervey was lying in the front yard with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead.
Both Ward and Hervey live on River Hollow Drive in Cordova. Hervey, the affidavit said, often monitored activity in his neighborhood in a “neighborhood watch capacity.”
The report said his silver 2003 Mazda SUV was at the scene with several bullet holes, shattered glass and blood stains.
A security camera at the Linnean Cove residence showed Hervey running toward the front door, “screaming for help” as gunshots were heard in the background.
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Ward was taken into custody two days later in Olive Branch, Mississippi and is now in the Shelby County Jail. His video arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday.
Bryan Hervey.