A double homicide suspect from the Baker area is now dead and the baby the suspect abducted is in stable condition at a Biloxi area hospital, according to Biloxi Police Chief John Miller.
30 YO Eric Derell Smith, died in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement after a police pursuit that began near the Louisiana/Mississippi state line. The Harrison County Coroner confirmed the suspect died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Smith allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend, Christin Parker, and her nephew, Brandon Parker, in an unincorporated area of East Baton Rouge Parish near Baker. Officials also said Smith kidnapped a four-month-old baby from the scene before heading to Mississippi.
The shooting was one mile west of the Woolmarket exit on I-10 east in Harrison County. Smith was in the driver’s seat. The coroner added it was not a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The coroner said as soon as the gunshots ended, U.S. Marshals dashed in, grabbed the child, and rushed the baby to the hospital.
