Mississippi gun-store owner dies in shootout with customers over $25 fee

Tragedy strikes in Mississippi.
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A Mississippi gun-store owner and his son died in a shootout Saturday following a dispute over $25, WDSU reports. Customers Audy and Michael McCool, another father-son pair, visited McLemore Gun Shop to pick up a firearm that had been repaired.

In talking with the owner's wife, who was working the shop, the McCools reportedly had a dispute with her over a $25 fee, a Pearl River County deputy told the Sun Herald. She called her husband, Jason McLemore, who arrived at the store with their son, Jacob. From there, the sheriff's office said a shootout began around 3 p.m., but did not provide more details.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.