--- title: "Mississippi Army staff sergeant charged with shooting and killing his wife" date: "2019-12-27" modified: "2019-12-27" authors: - name: "Haley Britzky" job_title: "Former Army Reporter" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/haley-britzky/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/mississippi-army-murder-wife/" categories: - "Army" - "Around the World" - "Military Branches" - "News" - "United States" tags: - "death" - "justice" - "murder" --- # Mississippi Army staff sergeant charged with shooting and killing his wife ![]() An Army staff sergeant with the Mississippi Army National Guard has been charged in his wife's murder, after police found her shot to death on Sunday night. - According to the local newspaper in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, [the Hattiesburg American](), deputies responded to a call from one of three children in the home of Staff Sgt. Percy Harris on Sunday saying his parents were arguing. - When the deputies arrived to the house, the child told them that "he thought he heard a gunshot while he was waiting," the Hattiesburg American reports. - Harris, 33, was then taken into custody when the deputies found his wife dead from an apparent gunshot wound. - According to [the Associated Press](), Harris is currently being held without bond. ## Author Haley Britzky was the Task & Purpose Army reporter from 2019 to 2022. She previously worked at Axios covering breaking news. She reports on important developments within the service, from new uniforms to new policies; the realities of military life facing soldiers and their families; and broader cultural issues that expand outside of the Army, touching each of the military services. ### Author social links [LinkedIn]() [Twitter]()