Man from Fruitdale killed in Mississippi bar shooting

WAYNE COUNTY, Miss. (WKRG) — A man from Washington County, Alabama is dead after a shooting at a Mississippi bar.

The coroner in Wayne County, Mississippi confirms 24-year-old Brandon Michael Cartwright, from Fruitdale, was shot and killed at High Noon Lounge and Karaoke in Waynesboro at about 2 Saturday morning.

Waynesboro Police are also investigating and believe the suspect may have driven away in a tan SUV.

A post from the bar says “The entire High Noon family prays that Heaven comforts both the victim and his entire family for this tragic loss of life this past Saturday morning. Lately, our community has been victimized by a group of ruthless criminals and we are committed to assisting law enforcement in bringing the responsible parties to justice.”

Family members have already set up a GoFundMe account for funeral expenses. A crowd of family members gathered at a home in Fruitdale to give each other support.

“He touched so many people and so many people loved him. He was just he was $1,000,000,” said fiancé Crysta Anderson. “I want him to come home, I wish he could.” Family members say Cartwright was a good friend, son and father who had so much more life to live.

“The fact that somebody would take someone if they just knew him. I mean, you wouldn’t you wouldn’t you wouldn’t have done this,” said the victim’s mother Teresa Cooper. “You couldn’t ask for a better friend. You couldn’t ask for a better brother.”

Cartwright is survived by two small boys with a third child on the way.

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