{"id":36204,"date":"2025-08-27T23:13:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T23:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=36204"},"modified":"2025-08-27T23:13:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T23:13:46","slug":"tragedy-as-comedian-is-gunned-down-and-killed-aged-52-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=36204","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy as comedian is gunned down and killed aged 52 &#8211; Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Fans are mourning after comedian <strong>Reggie Carroll<\/strong> was gunned down in Southaven, Mississippi, at just 52 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Police say Carroll was found with gunshot wounds on Wednesday. Officers gave aid, but he later died from his injuries. A male suspect has been charged with <strong>murder<\/strong>, though his name has not yet been released. Authorities described the case as an \u201cisolated shooting\u201d and say the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/dlyviralnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101518703-15031297-image-a-4_1756113847182.avif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Carroll, nicknamed <em>\u201cThe Knockout King of Comedy,\u201d<\/em> was a well-known stand-up performer across the US. He appeared in shows like <em>The Parkers<\/em> and <em>Showtime at the Apollo<\/em>. He also built a strong online following, with over 160,000 Instagram fans.<\/p>\n<p>Tributes are pouring in. Comedian <strong>Mo\u2019Nique<\/strong> called him her <em>\u201cbrother in comedy,\u201d<\/em> adding: <em>\u201cAll of our time together was amazing.\u201d<\/em> His brother Jonathan thanked fans for their love, writing: <em>\u201cYour support has been well received\u2014thank you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/dlyviralnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101518787-15031297-image-a-6_1756114155952.avif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>This shocking loss leaves a question for us all: how can we better protect the people who bring us joy?<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1599122\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans are mourning after comedian Reggie Carroll was gunned down in Southaven, Mississippi, at just 52 years old. Police say Carroll was found with gunshot wounds on Wednesday. Officers gave &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36206,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36204\/revisions\/36206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}