A Ridgeway man has been charged in connection with the death of another man in Ridgeway on Tuesday, March 15.
According to an online probable cause statement filed by the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department, 41-year-old Travis W. Gilliland called the Harrison County dispatch center, telling the dispatcher that he had shot and killed Lynn Trammell and that the victim was lying in the street. When Harrison County deputies, who were already enroute due to calls indicating shots had been fired, arrived at the scene they found the victim where Gilliland said he would be and evidence at the scene indicated that he had been shot at close range with a shotgun. There had allegedly been a verbal altercation prior to the shooting.
Gilliland is being held on $250,000 cash-only bond and is charged with the class A felony of murder in the second degree and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action. His initial arraignment was scheduled for Thursday, March 17.
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