Residents concerned about crowd size, violence at McKee Park Starkville city officials, led by Ward 2 Alderman Sandra Sistrunk, speak at a town hall meeting at McKee Park Thursday evening. Sistrunk presented both short-term and long-term plans for creating a safer environment in city parks. Tyler B. Jones/Dispatch Staff
Tytus Brown mentors kids at McKee Park every week through his mentorship program, Brothers Against Violence.
While he and his kids were not at the park Tuesday night when a drive-by shooting occurred just after 9 p.m., he said they had been there just a short hour prior. He said the situation upset him because he aims to prevent violence at the same place violence had occurred.
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STARKVILLE â Five males from Lowndes County have been charged with a drive-by shooting Tuesday night at a Starkville city park.
The Starkville Police Department responded to McKee Park at 9:11 p.m. Tuesday April 20 to a call of shots fired. According to spokesman Sgt. Brandon Lovelady, it appears that shots were fired related to an argument about a basketball game and no one was injured.
The responding officers located the weapon used in the shooting as well as other weapons in the car. Police arrested Jaylen Harrison,18; Karon Hawk, 19; Jamarkus Hood, 19; Antonio Roland, 17; and Levaris Williams, 19; and charged them each with drive-by shooting and gambling. All five are from Columbus.
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