A man wanted in connection with a weekend shooting that injured six people at a block party at Jackson State University appeared in court Thursday morning. Ryan Davis, 22, surrendered to police Wednesday afternoon. He faces six counts of aggravated assault in connection with Friday night’s shooting during the JSU Omega Psi Phi Fraternity block party. The shooting was reported on Lorenz Boulevard, two blocks north of Veterans Memorial Stadium. Davis had no comment as officers led him to a jail transport van after Thursday’s court hearing, where a judge set bond at $300,000. Jackson police posted a video of the shooting on the department’s Twitter page before Davis was identified as a suspect. Police said the shooting stemmed from a fight and that’s when someone starting shooting. "What a reckless, dangerous situation that occurred that night," Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance said. "Six people got shot (and) I understand another dozen got injured or trampled. So, just a scary situation all around. We could easily be talking about a massacre here." According to witnesses, hundreds of people started sprinting away from the gunfire trampling dozens of people. "People were jumping over cars, hiding into the backyard and jumping over fences," one witness said. The shooting victims were treated at UMMC and were expected to be okay.

A man wanted in connection with a weekend shooting that injured six people at a block party at Jackson State University appeared in court Thursday morning.



Ryan Davis, 22, surrendered to police Wednesday afternoon. He faces six counts of aggravated assault in connection with Friday night’s shooting during the JSU Omega Psi Phi Fraternity block party. The shooting was reported on Lorenz Boulevard, two blocks north of Veterans Memorial Stadium.

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Davis had no comment as officers led him to a jail transport van after Thursday’s court hearing, where a judge set bond at $300,000.

Jackson police posted a video of the shooting on the department’s Twitter page before Davis was identified as a suspect.



Police said the shooting stemmed from a fight and that’s when someone starting shooting.

"What a reckless, dangerous situation that occurred that night," Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance said. "Six people got shot (and) I understand another dozen got injured or trampled. So, just a scary situation all around. We could easily be talking about a massacre here."

According to witnesses, hundreds of people started sprinting away from the gunfire trampling dozens of people.



"People were jumping over cars, hiding into the backyard and jumping over fences," one witness said.



The shooting victims were treated at UMMC and were expected to be okay.