Jackson police investigate spate of weekend shootings

Jackson police are investigating a number of weekend shootings, 4 of which had been deadly.Trishawn Ferguson died Friday after he was shot a number of instances whereas sitting in his automobile at Lincoln Garden Apartments on Sunset Drive, police mentioned. Also Friday, an 8-year-old woman and a 2-year-old boy had been shot as they sat within the again of a automobile on Northside Drive and Hanging Moss Road, police mentioned. The toddler’s accidents weren’t life-threatening, in keeping with police, however the 8-year-old underwent surgical procedure and, ultimately examine, was underneath sedation at a hospital. In one other capturing on Friday, a person was shot within the leg on Northside Drive. Police mentioned the shootings are unrelated.A person, whose title has not been launched, was discovered useless Friday close to the practice tracks on Mill Street and Mitchell Avenue, police mentioned.On Sunday, two males had been killed in a shootout on the Jasco gasoline station of Woodrow Wilson Avenue. Christopher Lee, 28, and Justin Partee, 33, had been killed within the capturing that police mentioned was caught on surveillance video.