A 41-year-old Clarksdale man was shot and killed by an officer with the Clarksdale Police Department, who was investigating a reported prowler on Saturday night in a quiet residential area near downtown Clarksdale.
A press release from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said Patrick Bryant was fatally wounded after being shot in a backyard of the 200 block of Clark Street.
The report said that at approximately 9:10 p.m. officers with the Clarksdale Police Department responded to a prowler call in the 300 block of Clark Street. Upon arrival, officers came into contact with Bryant with Bryant being fatally wounded. A weapon was recovered at the scene, said the police report.
At the request of the Clarksdale Police Department, special agents with the MBI, as well as the MBI crime scene unit, were called out to handle the investigation. They will be gathering any and all relevant interviews and evidence as part of the ongoing investigation.
“Our investigative findings will be shared with the District Attorney’s office throughout the process for consideration and review,” said the press release.
The officer involved in the shooting was not identified, per MBI policy.
