One of the accused Pop's Saloon shooters might not see the light of day again if Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens has his way.
Owens asked Hinds County Circuit Judge Debra Gibbs to revoke the bond of Jshontiez*McClendon yesterday in Hinds County Circuit Court.
A Hinds County grand jury indicted McClendon for two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of a woman and her unborn child as well as drive-by shooting and shooting into an occupied vehicle in 2024. Judge Gibbs set his bond at a whopping $500,000. McClendon posted bond and was free to (allegedly) shoot again. Catch and Release is alive and well in Hinds County. Earlier post
A fight broke out at Pop's Saloon in the early morning hours of New Year's Day this year. The two combatants were not satisfied with just hitting each other as they both pulled out pistols (allegedly) and started trying to shoot each other. The word "trying" is used because they missed each other and wounded four other people.
JPD arrested McClendon last week and charged him with two counts of aggravated assault. A Jackson Municipal Court judge denied him bond.
The motion to revoke states:
6. On January 1st, 2026, Defendant was captured on surveillance arming himself with a firearm and shooting at Pop’s Saloon, a local night club, located at 2636 S. Gallatin Street, Jackson, MS, at a time when the club was crowded with patrons celebrating the New Year’s Eve Festivities. 7. Defendant fled to Gulfport, MS and was subsequently captured by the United States Marshall Service on January 29, 2026. He has been charged with two Counts of Aggravated Assault and is being held in the Hinds County Detention Center.
The District Attorney argues McClendon is a clear and present danger to the community and should have his bond revoked in the earlier case.
* I actually spelled that correctly from memory. Scary.
17 comments:
Send him to the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility. They may be onto a way to curb problems.
not long ago someone put a post on this blog talking about legal malpractice by GOVERNMENT lawyers , of whom district attorneys are.
this is a blatant example of legal malpractice by DA jody owens office.
Jody is showing us what he was capable of all along. Looking for a pardon. Why would he sacrifice Hinds County all this time when he could have been defending it. What a shame.
10;53 is spot on.
but no person in owens office will be held accountable for so much as a 1 day suspension with pay.
there will be no termination, no suspensiion, no reprimand , public or private, no nothing by the office of the da, by a judge, or by the ms state bar association.
Because he's a crook.
How so?
More pandering to the jury pool, right Jody? No more "part-time job"?
1107 proves a great point.
this is why everybody wants to work for the government.
no matter how bad you screw it up, you have no liability.
Obvious that you are self-congratulating.
And doing so again.
@11:18am - Exactly. Run for office to get out of all the crimes you committed and pay back all your campaign bribes, I mean donations, with tax cuts for the rich. I feel like I’ve seen this somewhere before.
to 11:24... it obvious that you work for the government and you dont want these dirty little secrets revealed .
Advice to the accused: pay the bribe.
I fail to understand how Jody Owens is involved in any case??? As I understood it, he is on film discussing how he commingles evidence with other funds. I’m know he hasn’t been found guilty. Not a lawyer, but it would seem like a lot of defendants will have chain of custody challenges to the evidence in their cases. This may already be happening for all I know. Does Jody Owens present appellate issues for cases he has been or is currently involved with?
How much is Jody's bond and who paid it?
That goes for school districts as well
Great. But Jody shouldn’t be the one doing this. He should be sitting in jail next to the killer. It is beyond me that this guy can still prosecute people.
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