Oktibbeha supes to hold public hearing on potential juvenile curfew
The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to discuss the possibility of enacting a juvenile curfew within the county.
Brett Watson
Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Brett Watson presented a potential curfew plan to the board Monday. He gained inspiration for the ordinance after examining multiple juvenile curfews across the state and said he believes the plan will help diminish some of the juvenile misconduct in the area.
“We at the sheriff’s department are looking at this as a way to encounter these folks that are out walking late at night when they shouldn’t be,” Watson said. “It’ll give us an opportunity to encounter them in a legal way.”
Man shot near Starkville apartment
A man was shot near a Starkville apartment complex Saturday.
Starkville Police Department officers heard shots coming from the area near Brooksville Garden Apartments on Everglade Avenue in Starkville at 9:27 p.m. and responded to the incident. SPD Public Information Officer Brandon Lovelady said one man had been shot in the thigh and was taken out of the area for treatment.
This shooting is the most recent incident in a string of violent crimes over the past few weeks. This event happened only five days after a gunman fired more than 20 shots into a vehicle at another apartment complex, Reed Place Apartments on Reed Ridge Circle April 12, and less than two weeks after James Clifton Hester Files, 17, was shot and killed on Easter Sunday.
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Teen shot dead in street on Easter evening
By Dispatch Staff Report 2 hours ago
STARKVILLE A teenager was shot dead in the street Sunday evening, Starkville Police Department has confirmed.
Police are seeking suspects in a fatal shooting at the intersection of Hilliard and Sherman streets that claimed the life of James Clifton Hester Files, 17.
Officers responded to the scene at about 5:17 p.m., SPD spokesperson Brandon Lovelady said. Files was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lovelady said investigators do not have suspects in custody but believe the suspects fled on foot to a wooded area after firing the shots. He said detectives think the victim and suspects knew each other . SPD is investigating the motive of the shooting.