Madison man killed in standoff threatened mental health worker - MSNewsNow.com - Jackson, MS

Madison man killed in standoff threatened mental health worker

Posted: Updated:

MADISON, MS (WLBT) - A new police report shows the man killed in a shootout with Madison police last month had threatened to kill a mental health worker.

Stephanie Wilson, program director for the Pine Grove Outreach Center of Madison, told police that Kevin Mitts had threatened to kill her if he returned to the clinic.

One Jackson lawyer, who consulted with Mitts' wife, said Pine Grove officials should have tried to get mental help for him instead of calling police.

But Madison-Rankin County district attorney, Michael Guest, disagreed.

He says Mitts was loading weapons into his hummer when Madison police and Madison County deputies arrived at his home.

Guest believes that Mitts meant to hurt either someone in the clinic or his own family.

©2010 WLBT. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

  • Most Popular StoriesMost Read

  • BREAKING NEWS

    Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:58 PM EDT2013-05-22 02:58:13 GMT
    The votes are in, and preliminary results show Chokwe Lumumba has come out on top in the Democratic Party Runoff Election against Jonathan Lee. With 100% of precincts reporting, Lumumba claims the election
    The votes are in and preliminary results show Chokwe Lumumba has come out on top in the Democratic Party Runoff Election against Jonathan Lee.

  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:34 AM EDT2013-05-21 14:34:41 GMT
    NOTE: Photos and videos will be added to this story later in the evening. The Walthall County Sheriffs Department along with The Humane Society of the United States are in the process of raiding a puppy
    Among the dogs, many are dead, and skeletal remains were mixed with living animals in small, dark, filthy enclosures.

  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:21 PM EDT2013-05-21 22:21:59 GMT
    James Hutto interrupted his own capital murder trial Tuesday morning, angry that judge Bill Gowan decided against the admissibility of certain evidence. "None of that matters? F***. I don't give a f***
    James Hutto, accused of capital murder in the beating death of 81-year-old Ethel Winstead Simpson of Clinton, expressed anger over certain evidence in court Tuesday.
    •