VICKSBURG – A teen arrested for murdering another teenager will have to serve time in jail for prior misdemeanors before he can post bond on his current charge, a Vicksburg judge has ruled. Dominic Rashad Turner, 19, was charged with murder after authorities said he shot 18-year old Derrick Stamps, Jr., to death on Feb. 14.
According to Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong, the incident between Turner and Stamps began at Joanna’s Place, a local nightclub in the King‘s Community, on the night of Feb. 13. Armstrong said Turner, Stamps and several other people had “some kind of altercation” inside the club before they all left the area and went their separate ways.
Armstrong said later that night, around 1 a.m., Turner and Stamps met up at the Exxon Service Station on Clay and Mission Streets, reportedly, a popular hangout for young people.
“I don’t think the meeting was intentional,” Armstrong said. “The place is open 24-hours, and they both just wound up there at the same time.”
Armstrong said Stamps approached the vehicle Turner was riding in and the two exchanged words before Turner allegedly shot him several times. Turner fled the scene in the vehicle after the shooting.
Stamps was unresponsive when paramedics arrived and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Warren County Coroner said Stamps had been shot at least three times, once in the head.
Stamps, who has a prior charge of burglary, is the son of Vicksburg Fire Chief Derrick Stamps, Sr.
Local media reports said that the younger Stamps was a Hinds Community College student and had made plans to join the Army to support his 3-month old daughter. Reportedly, Stamps was planning to drive to Alabama to take a military exam the morning he was killed.
Turner turned himself in to Vicksburg police later that morning.
After appearing in court before Vicksburg Municipal Judge Nancy Thomas, Turner’s bond was set at $250,000. Thomas ruled, however, that Turner would have to serve 98 days in jail or pay $2,332 in fines from seven unrelated misdemeanors in 2009.
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