JPD issued the following statements.
Double shooting on Ford Avenue
Jackson Police are investigating a double shooting, one of which was fatal, in the 100 block of Ford Ave.
Shortly before 8:00pm,
officers responded to a residence there and found two victims suffering
from gunshot wounds. One, a 40-year-old male was shot in the leg and
was transported to an area hospital. The second, a 32-year-old male
suffered a gunshot
wound to the head and later expired after officers arrived.
Based on information obtained thus far, there was an altercation
between the first and second victim along with an unknown, third
individual. Shots were fired and the two were struck. The third
individual is believed to have fled the scene. The condition of the victim at the hospital appears to be non life-threatening.The motive remains unclear at this time.
Death investigation on Wilhurst
A death investigation is currently underway by Jackson Police in the 6200 block of Wilhurst Dr.
Shortly before 5:30pm,
officers responded to a residence there for a 37-year-old male who was
found inside by a friend after he had not shown up for work. The victim
appeared to have suffered a fatal gunshot injury.
Investigators are attempting to determine if the injury was
self-inflicted but at this point, it does not appear that there was foul
play involved.
Rainbow Motel shooting
Jackson Police are investigating a shooting that occurred in the 700 block of Lanier Ave near MLK Blvd.
Officers responded to the area shortly after 2:30am
for a vehicle that had damaged some property. On arrival, they found a
vehicle, which had been abandoned by the driver. Officers were then
informed that a citizen had just taken a gunshot victim to
an area hospital by private vehicle.
Officers later located a 30-year-old black male at the hospital who
was suffering gunshot wounds to both arms. The victim told officers
that he was at a location Lanier Ave. when he was shot. He later
attempted to drive off after being shot and collided
with a fence. Apparently, there was some type of altercation but the victim was not very forthcoming and cooperative with officers. The victim’s injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
Jackson Police have identified the victim of this morning’s fatal shooting as 30-year-old, Christopher King.
6 comments:
There is no 6200 block of Wilhurst. 1400-1700, and maybe 1800, but no 6200.
I believe the Wilhurst death was the suicide of a guy I went to St. Andrews with in the late 90's. Sad to hear about him.
So how many homicides in Jackson for the new year does this make?
And KF, can you make a running tally at the bottom of each Jackson murder post for the lazy readers like me?
No.
How is Kingfish supposed to know when JPD decides to count backwards for a few murders?
If he put the actual count under a thread it would make it that much harder to defend the numbers JPD puts out.
KF - No complaints. Was just a request. Your blog, your rules. Thanks for what you do.
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