MERIDIAN, MS (Ben Caxton) — Officials in Lauderdale County have approved a $15,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction in the shooting of a judge outside a courthouse. Chancery Judge Charlie Smith was getting out of his truck at the Lauderdale County Courthouse in downtown Meridian when he was shot March 16th. Investigators think the shooting was an isolated event directed toward the judge. He is now recovering after initially being hospitalized in critical condition.
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