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A mother is devastated after someone shot and killed her son near Millington's Naval Base. The Millington Police Department is handling the investigation. Chief Mark Dunbar says the victim, identified by his mother as Lawrence James, is not a member of the military and the shooting took place at a recreational lodging area near the base's golf course. Miranda Hogan, the victim's mother, talked to Local 24 News Reporter, Annette Peagler Sunday. Hogan says James was attending a party at the Fairway Cottages, a rental property near the base, when an argument started between people there. She says he was trying to calm the situation when he was shot and killed. "They said the bullets were not meant for him, but yet he got them all," Hogan said. Hogan is trying to make sense of a shooting that took the life of her youngest son. "For him to just be taken from me at 24, my baby. You know, you're not supposed to bury your kids," Hogan explained. James was at a lingerie party with friends. His mother tells Local 24 News that roughly 30 people were there and some of them started to argue. "He got pulled into it, but he was trying to squash it," she said. "His best friend was the one shot in the jaw, Rico, and when it went through his jaw, it hit my son and my son hit the ground and we know that the guy shot him a couple more times."Millington Police took three people into custody following the shooting, but later released two. Police are not releasing the name of the suspect who fired the shots and investigators are working with the Shelby County District Attorney's Office to determine charges. Hogan says this is a situation where both families lose. "I'm pretty sure that he's going to be going away for a long one, so that's basically as far as I can say, we're both losing a child," Hogan said. Hogan says James was preparing to propose to his girlfrien...