Yalobusha County sheriff dies from COVID-19 complications

Yalobusha County Sheriff Mark Fulco died Tuesday from complications of COVID-19 and pneumonia, according to a Facebook post by the Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department. Fulco is the second Mississippi sheriff to die in a week.

Hinds County Sheriff Lee Vance died Aug. 4, two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19.

“Sheriff Fulco was a fearless advocate of the Sheriff’s Department and the citizens that he served.  A career law enforcement officer, Sheriff Fulco made many friends and touched many lives,” the YCSD said in the Facebook post.