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Mississippi triple homicide suspect indicted on four counts

By Summer Poole Sep 12, 2025 | 1:42 PM

STATE LINE, Miss. (WKRG) — The suspect in a triple homicide that happened on New Year’s Day in State Line, Miss., has been indicted on four charges, according to the Greene County District Attorney’s Office.

A grand jury indicted 37-year-old Drexler Dwight Johnson on three counts of capital murder and one count of possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.

Johnson was originally arrested Jan. 9 on charges of accessory after the fact and conspiracy to commit a crime, but in March his charges were upgraded.

Drexler Johnson mug shot, placed on a blue background with the WKRG.com logo
Drexler Johnson (Courtesy of Greene County)

Johnson is accused of shooting and killing Lester Campbell, Rhonda Denson, and Dirk Jason Thornton at a Clark’s Exxon gas station on Saint Peter Street during a robbery.

Johnson’s initial court date has not been set.