Full Notification

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION
JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: April 15, 2014
BY: Chief Gill Kendrick

Point of Contact: Capt. Tyreece Miller 731-425-8676 [email protected]

Charges Pending in Monday Night Shooting Investigation at Brookfield Apartments

Jackson police are continuing to investigate a Monday night shooting at Brookfield Apartments, and charges are pending on the shooter.

Around 6:50 p.m., Jackson police were called to Airways Motel at 576 Airways Boulevard about a fight. When officers arrived, a witness told police that the two men who were fighting had left. The witness told officers that one of the men possibly lived in Brookfield Apartments.

Around 7:15 p.m., an officer was walking through Brookfield Apartments at 1160 Hollywood Drive in an attempt to find the man. The officer then saw a man shoot a shotgun in the direction of another man. The officer chased the shooter and was able to apprehend him. The man who was shot at ran away. Police recovered the shotgun.

The shooting suspect had lacerations to his face and head. Officers learned that he was one of the men involved in the earlier fight. Officers transported him to the hospital for his injuries.

Shortly afterward, police were called back to the Airways Motel. A 32-year-old man had been struck in the abdomen and groin by shotgun pellets. The man was transported by ambulance to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

Investigators learned that the shooting victim was the second man involved in the fight at the Airways Motel, and he was the man who was shot in Brookfield Apartments.

The shooting victim was treated and released from the hospital around 11:30 p.m. Monday.

The shooting suspect, a 24-year-old man, was treated and released to police custody. He was then transported to the Madison County Jail.

An investigative hold was placed on the man, and charges are pending as the investigation is ongoing.