JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - According to Jackson Police Chief James Davis, a toddler has been taken to a local hospital after being shot. He said a three-year-old accidentally shot a 20-month-old child at the Advantages Apartment complex on Wednesday. According to Davis, the three-year-old old found the gun in the closet. Davis said the toddler [.]
Almost a month has passed since Justin McNeal was fatally shot on Interstate 220 while driving home from Ridgeland after a job interview to be a certified nursing assistant.
McNeal was only 24 when he died March 28. He was the type of person to give you the shirt off his back, girlfriend Mercedez Ramsey said Sunday.
Now, his friends and family wear shirts emblazoned with his name. His smile. His memory. Justice for Justin, his father, Jermaine McNeal s, T-shirt reads. Until we meet again, runs across the back of Ramsey s.
They were among those gathered Sunday afternoon in front of the Mississippi State Capitol stairs for a Stop the Violence march organized by Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes to address surging gun violence in Jackson.
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A Jackson city councilman is hosting a march on Sunday in an effort to combat violence in Mississippi s capital city.
Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes told WAPT-TV that Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain, Hinds County Sheriff Lee Vance and Jackson Police Chief James Davis are among the speakers planned for Sunday s “Stop the Violence” march.
The march is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Mississippi and Congress Streets and will end at Jackson City Hall.
Jackson councilor plans march to combat violence in city
April 25, 2021
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) A Jackson city councilor is hosting a march on Sunday in an effort to combat violence in Mississippi s capital city.
Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes told WAPT-TV that Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain, Hinds County Sheriff Lee Vance and Jackson Police Chief James Davis are among the speakers planned for Sunday s “Stop the Violence” march.
The march is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Mississippi and Congress Streets and will end at Jackson City Hall.
“We are trying everything, everything in our power to try and let young people, old people, all people know to stop the violence,” Stokes told the television station.
Community meeting aimed at addressing M-Bar violence turns into broader crime discussion
Community meeting aimed at addressing M-Bar violence turns into broader crime discussion By Courtney Ann Jackson | April 23, 2021 at 11:06 AM CDT - Updated April 23 at 11:06 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A community meeting was initially called for Thursday evening by Jackson City Councilman for Ward 1 Ashby Foote as a way to get feedback on the crime issues at the M-Bar Sports Grill. Instead, most of the meeting was much less zeroed in and became a discussion of larger issues in the capital city.
The topic of Jackson crime sparks an emotional reaction with many community members like Natasha Wade.