JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson police arrested another teenager in connection to a shooting that critically injured a man. Detective Tommie Brown said 16-year-old Antonio Evans was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. Jackson police previously arrested 14-year-old Julius Bonner in connection to the shooting. He was also charged with aggravated assault. The shooting happened around 8:00 [.]
Two teenagers have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a shooting that left a man severely injured. According to Jackson Police, the shooting took place on Porter Street around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6. 14-year-old Julius Bonner was taken into custody one day later after police executed a.
Helping boys become men
A local mentoring program for boys is celebrating the graduation of one its first members from college.
Miles Sullivan, 21, a former member of the Manhood Youth Development Foundation s Project Manhood 2015 program, graduated from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee in April with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business.
Sullivan, a Buchholz High School graduate who was in the finance program while a dual enrollment student at Santa Fe College, said his stepfather, Curtis Peterson, encouraged him to join Project Manhood.
“I encouraged Miles to join because it would expose him to a variety of activities that would assist him in his transition to becoming a man,” said Peterson, a treasurer of the Manhood Youth Development Foundation. “He would be around other young men dealing with the same issues and they would be able to share the experiences while growing together.”