A delivery driver was shot last week in an attempted carjacking that took place on River Oaks Boulevard in Jackson on July 4. JJ obtained a description of the suspect. WAPT reported:
Police are searching for a gunman connected with an attempted robbery and shooting.
Authorities said the gunman approached a 22-year-old man making a food delivery off River Oaks Drive Friday evening.
The gunman tried to take the 22-year-old’s vehicle, but the victim refused. Police said the gunman shot him once, hitting his right thigh. Police said the victim’s injuries are not life-threatening. Those with information about the shooting can call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS.
JPD said the suspect was a black male who was between 5'7" and 5'9". He wore a baseball cap during the shooting. He was driving a grey sedan with a Tennessee license plate.
10 comments:
Where is River Oaks Drive in Jackson? All I can find is Flowood??
Seriously? It is River Oaks Blvd, first street north of Time Out.
It is River Oaks Blvd, unless Kenuf renamed it.
I would think that this is actually River Oaks Blvd or River Oaks Place off of Old Canton Rd, but it would be nice if JPD clarified...
WAPT reported River Oaks Drive. I went off the WAPT story but I corrected my opening. JPD will only report streets that are in Jackson.
Strange that the story identifies the race of the shooter but not the "shootee". My guess is that the pizza driver was white....but we do not report that for fear of being politically incorrect!!! And, yes, River Oaks Boulevard is a formerly beautiful street north of Time Out Sports Bar.
Not surprising it was there. 15 years ago, before that area became "diverse", it was one of the nicest starter home type areas in the state. Drive back there today. It is a freaking nasty, cars in yards, trashy area. This is a prime example that the quest for diversity is good crowd is clueless. BTW. It is no longer diverse. It is gone.
They hate us, but continue to move to, and ruin, our neighborhoods.
Agree with 12:49. This was once a nice area to live. It really shocks me how much that part of NE Jackson has deteriorated in the past 15 years. I lived off River Oaks Blvd from 96-2003, 2005-2007, and short stint in early 2014. When I moved back in 2005, it changed considerably since 2003. In 2014, it was a drastic change. If you walk along the road there is trash everywhere - broken bottles, used baby diapers, etc.
Only explanation to me is the proliferation of rental townhouses/duplexes in addition to the existing apartments. Many of townhouses/duplexes may have been owned 15-20 years ago, but I imagine most are rentals now. Most renters don't care about the long term outlook of where they live.
12:49- The only way to clean out the trash is raise the rents and don't accept HUD under any circumstances. Maybe in 10 years Jacksonians will realize the free ride has ended.
As Young Harvey Yarber would say: We Are Jackson.
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