At 61, Deputy Sheriff Michael Leroy Jimerson answered a disturbance call in Ocean Springs as he had answered countless calls before: as a member of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, prepared to go where help was needed. On April 1, 2026, that duty carried him to the Reserve at Gulf Hills Apartments on Washington Avenue—and then into a moment from which he would not return. The loss is difficult to hold in simple language. Jimerson was shot while responding to a call, transported to Ocean Springs Hospital, and died from his wounds. Behind the rank was a person whose life included 16 years of service…

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