TCHULA, Miss. (WJTV) – The current police chief of the Town of Tchula has died.

Yazoo County Coroner Ricky Shivers said he received a call Sunday morning about the death of Chief Kenneth Hampton.

According to Shivers, Hampton died at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Yazoo due to natural causes of what appeared to be a heart attack.

Along with serving as the police chief for Tchula, Hampton previously served as the police chief of Yazoo City.

Hampton was 54.