Jackson Jambalaya

When children start shooting children then you know Jacktown has become lawless. My office is right around the corner from this location -- for now. I definitely will start looking for a new business location outside Jacktown...

The old saying, “Nothing good happens after midnight,” holds true again. Parents, do you know where your children are?

14 years old.

And I'll be surprised if there is any "outrage" or national media coverage . . .

I wonder if the Mayor or any City Council member will even make a statement ?

I will not mention the Andrew Jackson statue.

A falling out between thieves, or a resident defending his property?

1:40, sadly there's likely only one parent around and she doesn't care where the "kid" is.

"Parents?" That would be one of these:

1. Mom
2. Auntie
3. Grandma

That is very very close to Baby Chok's home, but of course his street has a gate, and he has armed security.

Next...

Kids get murdered in Jackson. Kids in Jackson understand the need for self defense.

Are they getting good at treating gun shot wounds at the children's hospital? Is this one of the hard won changes to a reluctant Mississippi that Crawford was talking about?

This is beyond sad nor is it acceptable. 14 year olds out at 0330 breaking into cars and both shot. No mention of a gun fight versus homeowner shooting these two or other youths out doing the same. What happened to the so called curfew for juveniles that I though was still in effect. Shame, and people on here are right, little to nothing will or can be done about it. The survivor will pull a Sgt Shultz, I no nothing, I saw nothing.....

Did a 3rd party shoot them both?

Good thing Jackson is taking down that mean old evil statue!

Kenny Stokes said breaking a window in a car is not grounds to be shot to death. Nor is stealing from a car is grounds to shoot somebody.

Since no dealer would ever consider selling to a 14 year old if they wanted to keep their firearms license and not go to jail where did two 14 year olds obtain handguns?

Ya know, I've often heard people "in the know" say, if you're going to get bit by a snake, you don't want to get bit by a really young one, because they aren't mature enough how to control the amount of venom they release. Sounds plausible to me.

I use that as an analogy for kids like these. They're the really dangerous ones, because they aren't old enough to understand the gravity of acts they may cause nor have the had the life experiences yet to understand how to "moderate" this acts.

I suspect had someone confronted either of these two, they would have shot that person without even thinking. It's not clear yet what happened, but it may be someone drew on them first................

Yes. But it is safe to assume that the homeowner wasn't white or else the MSM would be making a new martyr of the would-be burglars.

Remember that security camera footage from Brandon the other night? These punks know they could get shot, so they are armed.

The only announcement you should make when you see them breaking into your property is your first shot fired. Otherwise they will kill you.

That is what happened here, the homeowner got the jump on them.

now the homeowner has to worry about the surviving thug coming back for revenge with is little hoodlum friends.

I always heard the only thing open after midnight was the emergency room & a pair of legs. Well at least one of them made it there.

Kenny Stokes should stay far from my house.
I have completely thoughts on that matter.

Glad to hear from Mayor Lamumble. Wait, is that crickets I hear?

Like 1:34, we're also right around the corner. While I'd love to relocate, I'll probably ride it another year or two (cheap rent) til retiring.

I''m just pissed that for everyone of these kids that aren't actually killed in the melee, we have to pay $50-60-70K (hospital bills) to patch their ass up til next time it happens.

I doubt that they were "breaking into cars," as history tells us that residents don't lock their cars, often with a pistol or two inside.

It is highly likely that the pistols that they possessed were stolen from unlocked cars that same night.

LOCK YOUR CARS!!!

DON'T LEAVE FIREARMS IN YOUR CARS!!

Where do they get guns???

I attended the Jackson gun show this weekend. Yikes.

"Kenny Stokes said breaking a window in a car is not grounds to be shot to death. Nor is stealing from a car is grounds to shoot somebody."

I have a 100% foolproof and guaranteed way to never ever under any circumstances be shot (or even shot at) while stealing a car: don't steal a car. As crazy as it may sound, it really does work 100% of the time! And folks would be amazed at all the other things it works for, too. For example, if you don't want to be shot breaking into homes, don't break into homes. Or if you don't want to be shot while robbing a bank, don't rob banks. I know, hard to believe, right? It may impossible to believe, but it really does work every damned time!

My Jpd friend says a lot of burglary cases were closed with this death.

On that street most of the cars are parked in driveways or under carports, not on the street. My guess is that these punks were confronted by a resident, drew on him, and got shot to pieces. The police are being pretty quiet about this, I suppose out of concern for the homeowner.

I agree with the admonition to not leave guns in your cars. And I’ll add: you better have them on your person at all times these days. Your car isn’t going to defend you!

I started carrying after I encountered an “almost” incident about 10 years ago. There hasn’t been a day since that I didn’t have a firearm on my body since. Completely and totally for defensive purposes.....but it’s there. I just pray I never have to reveal it to anyone....

"Yes. But it is safe to assume that the homeowner wasn't white or else the MSM would be making a new martyr of the would-be burglars."

Now hang on a dawggone minute there Festus, I don't recall seeing the "race" of the suspects/victims in the JPD presser. Perhaps Mr. Bill Crawford could shed some light on this particular incident of "Systematic Racism" for us, if in fact he deems it to be such.

If the bullets don’t get you, the damn pot holes will! COJ is in a sunken place. Get Out!

Yes, I heard Stokes say this afternoon that was no reason to shoot a kid; Maybe next they can go to his house and break into his automobiles!

Yikes is right, 8:58. I was at that gun show this afternoon, and the racial demographic was completely flipped. And none of the collector clientele you usually see. There was a strange, bad vibe there, all around.

Bounds near Keele...where do I place the teddy bear?

8:58PM, you can bet that they didn’t get their guns at a gun show. The folks that set up at gun shows don’t sell guns to kids. If they did they would end up in federal prison. Thugs don’t buy guns they steal them.

all of this sort of thing will stop when the flag is finally changed and the city gets rid of the andrew jackson statue.

For Mr. Stokes... Could it be the homeowner was stopping a crime in progress and was armed? When he approached to stop the crime the robbers opened fire on him. At that point it became more than a break in. If this is so Mr. Stokes your viewpoint is moot.

They are (were for one of them) simply a product of their culture.

This happens every day in every major city.

It will only get worse until we decide to stop it because the state, local and federal governments don't have the balls to do it.

8:57 - Exactly. No one wants to point the finger for fear of being called or racist or bigot or being censored on sites such as this. The culture you mentioned has been permitted to take a foot hold and grow. It is a cancer.

Why do people keep associating inner city thuggery with racist thuggery? I am still tickled by the deflectors out in the burbs. You left Jackson, so it is no longer your issue. You didn't give a damn when you lived in Jackson, and you don't give a damn now. Fly your damn flag in your yard (I think the statue should stay though), we don't care.

" Kenny Stokes said . . . "

Laughing Out Loud.

I was waiting on "pins and needles" what Kenny had to say at his weekly Sunday presser.

I can't believe the three local "news" stations actually send crews out to cover this councilman.

But, he has alway been interesting.

My fluffy Uncle really want's to know who makes his suits.

You reckon someone in the neighborhood fed up with these car break-ins set up an ambush? The police have been pretty quiet about this case.

Same 14 year old breaking into houses in NE Jackson for weeks. Or the ones who smashed up Swann’s Gun Repair 4 times in 25 days?

10 PM rule holds, be home and secure after 10 pm.
More information forthcoming I hope.
Will not defend a occupied vehicle with deadly force. Stopped the poor behavior of leaving a firearm in a vehicle decades ago. If required for short periods of time it is in locked box, not just waiting to be taken.
Many people are economically trapped in places they would love to leave. Seems so bad cannot even neighborhood watch on crime.

I was in Swann's the other day, and Mr. Swann told me the ATF had arrested one of the kids who committed the break-ins. He was 12 or 13 years old, and had shot himself through the foot with one of the stolen pistols. The ATF was monitoring the kid's social media posts, which tipped them off.

This would be a good time to find out where/who they were selling/giving the guns. Also, this would be a good time to arrest the legal guardians for the violations set forth by the city of Jackson. Plus not being responsible parents!

A handgun in a lockbox is at least as useless as a condom in a billfold during sex.

1:53......

We know you don't care. The condition of Jackson is proof positive of that.

Again, a liberal with their head buried so they don't see all the real problems so they can just ignore them. We know that when you have no real answers the only thing you can do is cry " racist", but when all the faces on the 6 & 10 PM news and in the Clarion Liar are black
your point is rather invalid.

Why I'd go so far as to say you live out in the far northeast corner of Jackson. Now if you were the real progressive you say you are, why don't you live down around Hemlock & Robinson or out on Capital around Alabama Street or Road of Remembrance?

I think you're full of what Jackson has been dumping in the Pearl River from it's so called Sewage Treatment Plant for the last few years, or maybe you're just stupid.

The parents knew what he was doing. Never been able to control him or his siblings. He was walking up to people he didn't know in neighborhood pointing guns, shooting in yard just wreck less with both parents at home.

You say they didn't have to kill him but he was terrozing the community