Friday, February 1, 2019

Willow Point Homicide

JPD issued the following statement.

Jackson Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in the 700 block of Glencross Drive. It happened at the Willow Point apartments.

Officers responded to a call of several shots being fired. When they arrived, officers found an unresponsive black male lying near an apartment unit. The victim appeared to have been shot multiple times and was later pronounced deceased at the scene.

Officers later learned that the victim left his apartment to meet someone in the parking lot. Minutes later, shots were heard and it appeared that the victim ran back towards his apartment before collapsing.

It is unknown who the victim went to meet, however it is believed that the victim knew the suspects. They are believed to be occupying a light colored pickup truck and a small, light colored sedan which were both observed leaving the scene shortly thereafter.

The victim is a 20 year-old black male. His identity is not yet being released.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS(8477). A cash reward of up to $2500 is available if the information leads to an arrest.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

A car and a truck? Sounds like the ones who killed the locksmith on Coronet.

Louis LeFleur said...

If anyone (other than me) cares, this is in the Tougaloo community on the south side of County Line Road. To add a little geography/history lesson, while Tougaloo College is on the north side of the road and thus in Madison County, it is within the Jackson city limits.

Anonymous said...

Hard not to feel sorry for the owners of willow point. They will be sued because they "didn't provide enough security" as if some security guard would help you pick your buds. Oh well

To Burke, With Love and Emetic said...

"Perception of Crime"

Sammy Sarcasm said...

If the Coco with the Popo hadn't been canceled, because y'all were making fun of the mayor, this wouldn't have happened.

Anonymous said...

@11:14, as they should be. Landlords have the legal duty to maintain safety and control in common areas. We shouldn't relax the federal fair housing act just because the man was shot in Jackson.

Anonymous said...

4:35; bullshit. With your uninformed "legal" opinion, every apartment complex in the U.S. would have to have 24/7/365 security guards.

Anonymous said...

4:35....spoken like a true plaintiffs lawyer. It should be the right of all tenants to lease in properties that provide 24 hour security if they so chose. This is expensive and reflects that cost in the rent structure. The pendulum of absolute liability of landlords is swinging back to more just legal outcomes in order to correct the “jackpot justice” provided in Hinds county with runaway jurys and judges. Tenants should applaud this as it will allow for reasonable rents that aren’t inflated due to the high costs of exorbitant insurance premiums. It is unfortunate that this shooting occurred, but suing the landlord for any and all mishaps that is tenant, and friends of tenant induced on site has become a cottage industry for lawyers and is obhorant to the fairness of the rule of law. This is not a Federal Fair Housing Act matter, but rather a premises liability action that will hopefully take into account the deeds of the people involved in the shooting.

Anonymous said...

4:35 - What's your opinion on an apartment owner being required to maintain an environment of safety (which you made up) and a municipality NOT being required to do the same?

Before you run Google your favorite law-resource-site, I'll remind you that the courts have ruled the latter is not required either.

Anonymous said...

Hughie, Dewey and Louie: What's the point you were hoping to make at 10:45 a.m.?



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