November 13, 2026
VICKSBURG, Miss. — A husband and wife were found dead in a vehicle Friday in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide, according to local reports citing Police Chief Larry Burns.
Police identified the couple as Cedric Garrett, 40, and his wife, Valtrecia Garrett, 53, WLBT reported.
Officers responded about 9 a.m. to an area behind Vicksburg Convalescent Home after receiving requests to check on people inside a vehicle. Burns said officers established a perimeter and sought to resolve the situation peacefully. Garrett died by suicide, and his wife was found dead inside the vehicle, according to WLBT and Darkhorse Press. Police said Garrett had fatally shot his wife.
In an earlier video posted by the Vicksburg Police Department, Burns said officers had responded to a person with a firearm barricaded inside a vehicle. He said the situation had been resolved and asked people to avoid the Cherry Street/Shannon area while officers worked.
“I want the public to know that there is no further threat to the public at all,” Burns said.
Police update: Chief Larry Burns
A separate recording circulating online and reviewed by VOTP News STL shows Garrett, the husband, driving and addressing viewers.
“I just killed my wife,” Garrett says in the recording.
He repeatedly apologizes and claims he had sought help, saying, “I asked for help.” He also says he is arriving at his mother’s workplace and expresses suicidal intent.
Garrett describes personal and relationship problems. VOTP News STL has not independently established when the original livestream was recorded or verified his account of the events leading to the deaths.
Husband’s recording: Cedric Garrett
Viewer discretion advised: This recording contains profanity and distressing discussion of homicide and suicide.
The department’s criminal investigations unit is continuing to investigate, according to local reports.
Featured image: Screenshot from Vicksburg Police Department video.
