State v. christopher butler
June 5, 2024
(Jackson, MS) Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announces the successful prosecution in the three-day trial of Christopher Butler, who was convicted of first-degree murder.
On April 27, 2018, JPD officers responded to a shooting where they found an unidentified male lying at the intersection of Terry Rd and Colonial Drive. The male was later identified as 36-year-old Damian Harris who succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. Butler shot and killed Harris over an on-going dispute.
Surveillance footage showed Butler approaching Mr. Harris and gunning him down. Days later, JPD homicide detectives recovered the firearm used to shoot Mr. Harris, and a witness was able to identify and confirm Butler as the shooter.
Butler received a life sentence in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections without the possibility of parole.
“This is another tragic incident of a personal dispute ending in senseless gun violence.”, says District Attorney Owens. “I am proud that the jury were able to examine the facts, and return the verdict, guilty, we hope the end of this chapter begins a new one of peace to the Harris family.”
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JODY E. OWENS, II
