A bloodied Vicksburg man went live on Facebook Friday morning, admitting he had just killed his wife, panning the camera to her motionless body in the passenger seat, and declaring he would take his own life rather than go to jail, all while driving toward his mother’s workplace.
Cedric Garrett, 40, known online as “Gee Gskii,” filmed the roughly three-minute video around 7 a.m. on Nov. 13 while behind the wheel, a cigarette in his mouth and dreadlocks framing his face. Viewers watched as he repeatedly apologized, said he had “messed up,” claimed he had previously sought help that never came, and alternated between expressions of love for his wife of 16 years and accusations against her. At one point, he showed what appeared to be blood on his fingers and the still legs of 53-year-old Valtricia “Ms. Val” Garrett in the front seat.
Garrett told the livestream he was heading to the Vicksburg Convalescent Home, where his mother worked, near Cherry and Shannon streets. Police were alerted as the video spread and arrived around 9 a.m. for a welfare check on an armed man barricaded in a vehicle behind the facility. Officers set up a perimeter and spent roughly 20 minutes trying to talk him down. Around 9:42 a.m., gunfire erupted. Vicksburg Police Chief Larry Burns said Garrett turned the firearm on himself and died. When officers approached, they found Valtricia dead in the passenger seat. Investigators believe he shot her before taking his own life.
“It is an extremely tragic and unfortunate situation that has claimed the lives of two and has deeply affected our community,” Burns said. He confirmed the couple had a documented history of domestic violence, including arrests of Garrett in 2017 and 2018 and a report filed just months earlier in 2026.Wlbt
Valtricia’s brother, Andre Moore, learned of the horror through a frantic phone call. “I got a phone call from my friend saying that her husband was online saying that he had killed my sister,” he told reporters. Moore said his sister had been trying to move on and had already left the relationship. “There’s no words that I can possibly say for the loss of my sister… She was a loving person in the community. She would help anybody.” The family had buried their mother only about 30 days earlier.
The tragedy has a long shadow. In September 2002, a 16-year-old Cedric Garrett fatally stabbed his 20-year-old brother, Derrick Dewayne Maxey, during an argument at their shared home on Oakland Street in Vicksburg. Contemporary reports said he picked up a knife and struck Maxey once in the left side. Maxey was pronounced dead at River Region Medical Center.
The Vicksburg Police Department’s criminal investigations unit continues to probe the apparent murder-suicide. Officials have not released further details on the exact sequence of events inside the vehicle before police arrived.
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, resources are available through the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.
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