Bond set at $1 million for Mount Olive man

Published 2:14 pm Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Bond has been set at $1 million for a Mount Olive man charged with murder in the shooting death of a 22-year-old woman.

Kemiaya Jackson was shot to death Sunday at her apartment complex in Hattiesburg. Police have arrested 26-year-old Perry Graves and charged him with murder.

Municipal Judge Jolly W. Matthews set Graves’ bond at $1 million Monday during his initial court appearance. Graves, who had no attorney present, testified that he had no prior felony convictions.

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Police have declined to release a motive in the shooting.