2 arrested for Canton murder

2 arrested for Canton murder

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CANTON — No motive has been established after two Jackson men were arrested in connection with a fatal shooting here last month.

Canton Police Chief Otha Brown said Calvin Donnell Prisley, 50, was arrested by U.S. Marshalls at about 6 a.m. on Jan. 8 on Cedar Park Drive in Jackson. Brown said Prisley has been charged with the murder of 32-year-old Levor Taylor of Canton.

Another man, Calvin Reco Jones, 49, turned himself in on Jan. 8 at about 5 p.m., according to Brown, and jail records show he has been charged with accessory after the fact.

Brown said Taylor’s body was discovered at about 2:15 p.m. on Dec. 24 near the corner of West Dinkins Street and Jewell Williams Boulevard.

He said police were responding to a call reporting a body had been dumped at that location. 

An investigation showed the victim had a single gunshot wound that went through his left side with an exit wound through his chest.

Both men remain in the Madison County Detention Center. 






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