A Pike County man has pleaded guilty to multiple gang-related felony charges in Pike County Circuit Court.
According to District Attorney Brendon Adams’ office, Bryan Cameron, 21, pleaded guilty to one count of drive-by shooting, three counts of shooting into an automobile, one count of conspiracy to commit the crime of drive-by shooting, one count of possession of a firearm on school property and one count of criminal gang activity on Tuesday.
The charges stemmed from an investigation done by the Pike County Sheriff’s Office, the Southwest Mississippi Community College Police Department, and District Attorney’s office Investigator Max Adams into a shooting on campus in September 2021.
Cameron pleaded guilty on the morning of the trial just after the state announced that it was ready to proceed with the trial. Sentencing has been set for September 16 at 11:30 a.m. in Judge Michael Taylor’s courtroom.
“I want to thank Investigator Max Adams, the Pike County Sheriff’s Office, and the Southwest Community College Police Department for all their hard work and continuing investigation into such serious violent crimes,” Adams said. “Unfortunately the rise in gang-related violent crimes continues to spill out into our communities and schools. The Mississippi Legislature enacted this criminal gang activity statute as another tool that can be used by law enforcement to help curb the rise of this type of gang activity.”
Assistant District Attorneys Rodney Tidwell and Robert Byrd prosecuted the case.
