Jackson shootings lead to five injured, two dead, including 11-year-old boy Police investigate five shootings in one night, all possibly connected Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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ROBERT DAVIS- COMMUNITY ADVOCATE- GRAY 961601 @ 7:06-7:18 "40 SHOTS WERE SENT INTO THAT HOME. YOU KNOW SHOTS WERE SENT INTO A VEHICLE. WHERE I'M STANDING BEHIND ME OTHER PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN HIT. THIS HOUSE RIGHT BELOW SOMEBODY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THIS HOUSE RIGHT HERE." THE NUMEROUS BULLET HOLES ARE A REMINDER OF A TRAGEDY NO ONE WANTS TO EXPERIENCE. LOVED ONES ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF JORDAN MCCOY AFTER A SHOOTING AT BERWOOD APARTMENTS ON FOREST AVE. JOHN KNIGHT- COMMUNITY ADVOCATE- GRAY 961601 @ 3:52-4:05 "A CHILD WHO HASN'T EVEN HAD THE CHANCE TO FAIL IN LIFE YET, LIFE HAS BEEN TAKEN. THAT DON'T SIT WELL WITH ME BECAUSE I'M A FATHER AND I'M A BROTHER." ADVOCATES FOR COMBATING CRIME SAY THEY ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. WILLIAM EDWARDS- COMMUNITY ADVOCATE- GRAY 961601 @ 1:23-1:38 "A 10 YEAR OLD SLEEP IN THE BED DOING WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AT 3 O CLOCK IN THE MORNING. AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THE FIRST TO SAY THAT WE MIGHT NEED A CURFEW BUT IT'S EVIDENT THIS COMMUNITY IS NOT DOING WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO." ONE MAN HAS LIVED AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. HE SAYS SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED HERE BEFORE TODAY. FRANK ALLEN JR. - NEIGHBOR- GRAY 9609 @ 5:57-6:04 "WHY THEY COME OVER HERE AND SHOOTING UP IN FOLKS HOUSES. IT DON'T MAKE NO SENSE." IT'S A TRAGEDY PEOPLE SAY AFFECTS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. ROBERT DAVIS- COMMUNITY ADVOCATE- GRAY 961601 @ 6:46-6:56 "I WAS TALKING TO THE FATHER EARLIER AND I'M JUST SADDENED BECAUSE I'M A FATHER MYSELF. YOU KNOW I COULDN'T IMAGINE LOSING MY CHILD. YOU KNOW MY CHILD BEING SNATCHED FROM MY GRIP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT." COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAY JORDAN'S FAMILY IS IN THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. IN JACKSON SHALEEKA POWELL 16 WAPT NEWS. THIS IS ONE OF TWO DEADLY SHOOTINGS

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