âHe is very possibly going to prison for a very long timeâ: Picayune teen accused of shooting three juveniles arrested Handcuffs By WLOX Staff | February 23, 2021 at 9:04 PM CST - Updated February 24 at 5:14 PM
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WLOX) - âWe could be dealing with three homicides here.â
Thatâs the sobering thought Picayune Police Chief Freddy Drennan knows could have easily been reality in his city Sunday afternoon when gunfire erupted outside an apartment complex.
A 13-year-old boy now sits in the Pearl River County jail on a $1.5 million bond, charged as an adult with three felony counts of aggravated assault. Drennan said the motive for the shooting was an ongoing argument between the suspect and some other juveniles, though he described the crime as âa random actâ because the victims were not part of the argument with the suspect.
Ongoing arguments turn violent for some Picayune minors, leading to gunfire
Search underway for Picayune shooting suspect By Brandy McGill | February 22, 2021 at 8:51 PM CST - Updated February 23 at 9:13 PM
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WLOX) - In Picayune, three juveniles are currently recovering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds after a shooting on Sunday.
“It was about 4 yesterday afternoon and I was in my house and I heard six rapid gunshots,” said one nearby resident who wished to remain anonymous.
Those multiple gunshots the resident described came from Grande Oak apartments located on South Haugh Avenue.
Picayune Police Chief Freddy Drennan said the three minors were shot, all in the leg, with a pistol by another minor after an ongoing verbal altercation.
January 12, 2021
Mississippi city was not ready for grade-crossing work, creating a commuter nightmare Written by Bill Wilson, Editor-in-Chief
Elmwood Park, Ill., is looking to build an underpass at Grand Avenue to eliminate a dangerous grade crossing.
Operation Lifesaver, Inc.
Miscommunication in Picayune, Miss., had both commuters and railroad workers red-faced, but for entirely different reasons. Work at grade crossings on Jan. 11 caused instant traffic issues after the company behind the maintenance failed to notify the city of the closures.
Road Safe Traffic Systems, which was hired by Norfolk Southern, blocked a portion of several railroad crossings so crews could replace rail that was over 60 years old and smooth out the section. However, a call was never made to city officials notifying them that work was going to start next week. The result left commuters angry and the company behind the miscommunication a little embarrassed.