Police killings
2013-2020

Charles Edwin "P.J." Nickels aka Charles Nichols

Male, White

Date of the incident: 11/9/2017

Burnside, Neshoba, MS
Road 836

Charles Nichols was suspected of setting his house on fire. He was shot and killed by police after he pointed a gun at first responders, police said. Sheriff Tommy Waddell said the man pointed a gun at deputies when they tried to arrest him.