Woman recalls shooting escaped Mississippi monkey
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The single mother who fatally shot one of the escaped monkeys in Mississippi did nothing wrong, according to Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson.
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Jasper County man says he killed escaped monkey to protect family
WJTV 12 News spoke to the man who killed one of the monkeys that escaped after a crash in Jasper County. On Monday, George and Kerri Barnett spotted a monkey running across County Route 39 near Exit 118 in Vossburg.
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department originally warned locals that the monkeys were all infected with COVID, hepatitis C, and herpes, which wasn’t true.
A homeowner in Mississippi has shot and killed one of the monkeys that escaped after a truck accident last week.
According to an incident report, the transport company was identified as Wildlife Facilitators, based in Maryland.