'We want our city back,' says homeowner who shot at intruder

A Jackson woman said she shot several times at a man who tried to break into her house Thursday morning. Tonya Brooks said she heard a strange noise around 3:30 a.m. coming from outside her house on Telfair Place. Brooks said a man was using a crow bar to try and break into a storage room. That’s when she said she grabbed her gun, and the man took off. “He hopped in his car and drove the wrong way, and it was a cul-de-sac. He had to come out, and I just stood in the street ready to shoot him, let him know, you know, the city of Jackson, we want our city back. We’re sick and tired of being sick and tired,” Brooks said. “I shot at him a couple times and then he tried to run me down, and I shot a couple more times. I think they caught him up the street at the church, so maybe he was getting some religion before he goes to jail, I’m hoping." Officers stopped a vehicle that matched the description provided by Brooks and arrested Darrell Chaffin, 47, and charged him with attempted house burglary, Jackson police said.

A Jackson woman said she shot several times at a man who tried to break into her house Thursday morning.

Tonya Brooks said she heard a strange noise around 3:30 a.m. coming from outside her house on Telfair Place.


Brooks said a man was using a crow bar to try and break into a storage room.

That’s when she said she grabbed her gun, and the man took off.

“He hopped in his car and drove the wrong way, and it was a cul-de-sac. He had to come out, and I just stood in the street ready to shoot him, let him know, you know, the city of Jackson, we want our city back. We’re sick and tired of being sick and tired,” Brooks said. “I shot at him a couple times and then he tried to run me down, and I shot a couple more times. I think they caught him up the street at the church, so maybe he was getting some religion before he goes to jail, I’m hoping."

Officers stopped a vehicle that matched the description provided by Brooks and arrested Darrell Chaffin, 47, and charged him with attempted house burglary, Jackson police said.