One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi roadway was shot and killed early Sunday by a homeowner who says she feared for the safety of her children.

Jessica Bond Ferguson said she was alerted early Sunday by her 16-year-old son who said he thought he had seen a monkey running in the yard outside their home near Heidelberg, Miss. She got out bed, grabbed her firearm and her cellphone and stepped outside where she saw the monkey about 60 feet (18 metres) away.

A 2025 Chevrolet Silverado pickup spilled wooden crates labeled “live monkeys” into a rural area near Interstate 59 on Oct. 29. Searchers in masks, face shields and other protective equipment have since scoured nearby fields and woods for the missing primates.

An initial report from the she

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