Mississippi mom guns down monkey that escaped from overturned truck to protect her children: ‘I did what any other mother would do’

A Mississippi mom shot dead one of the aggressive monkeys that escaped from an overturned truck last week to protect her young children.

Jessica Bond Ferguson said she and other Heidelberg residents had been on high alert after word spread that monkeys — believed to be carrying dangerous diseases but later confirmed by officials not to be — had been roaming loose since Tuesday.

Early Sunday, her 16-year-old son ran into the house, claiming he had seen one of the animals in the yard...