Attorneys say racist motivations behind Brookhaven shooting incident

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Brittany Brown

• Published on February 15, 2022 • Comments

FedEx driver D'Monterrio Gibson, left, stands next to his attorney, Carlos Moore, during a news conference in Ridgeland, Miss., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Gibson and his attorneys say the delivery driver was shot at and chased by a white father and son in Brookhaven while making deliveries, and that both suspects have been "undercharged" and call upon the authorities to instead charge the pair with attempted murder and hate crimes.
AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

Mississippi is making national news for a shooting incident involving a Black man and two white men. The lawyers on this case say the shooting may have been racially motivated.

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Attorneys say racist motivations behind Brookhaven shooting incident

Twenty-four-year-old D’Monterrio Gibson was working in Brookhaven, delivering packages for FedEx in January, when two white men began chasing and shooting at him. Gibson, who is Black, was able to escape without being injured.

"He knew better than to stop for a man who was not the police with a gun pointed at him. Soon as he maneuvered around the man, he started shooting toward the back of the FedEx vehicle multiple times," said Carlos Moore, the Grenada-based attorney who is representing Gibson.

Although Gibson got away unscathed, multiple bullets pierced the van he was driving. Moore said he believes the shooting was racially motivated and is asking law enforcement to investigate the incident as a hate crime.

"I believe they saw a Black man on a white man’s property, and they thought he looked suspicious, and they hauled off and chased him and tried to kill him. It’s just purely racism. Plain and simple," Moore said.

The two white men chasing Gibson were Gregory Case and Brandon Case, a father-son duo. The two men were arrested and charged on Feb. 1 by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department. They posted bond and were released the same day. Moore, the attorney, says this incident is similar to what happened to Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia in 2020.

"Since he survived, he’s not only speaking for himself, but he’s speaking for all the Ahmaud Arberys, George Floyds and so many other countless Black men across America that were not blessed enough to survive," Moore said.

They are also considering filing civil suits and will be holding a rally in Brookhaven to continue pursuing justice for Gibson, Moore said.