Tyrone N. Butts
APE Reporter
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Sleeping 5-Year-Old Shot in Home
The Jackson Police Department is investigating an overnight shooting that has left a five-year-old boy critically injured. WLBT learned Tuesday afternoon that surgeons had to amputate D'Anthony Roby's left arm. Police say they need your help in finding the shooter.
Officers say on Tuesday at 12:40 a.m. Roby was reportedly sleeping with his mother when several shots were fired into his home at 1015 Larkspur Street.
"Detectives
elieve someone pulled up in a vehicle, opened fire on the house, shot several times into the house, striking the child in the arm and then speeding away," said Jackson Police spokesman Robert Graham.
<b
r>Graham says four or five other people were in the home, including 21- year-old Lurenza Clincy of Jackson
, one of two people shot on February 5, 2003 at Captain D's Seafood Restaurant on West Woodrow Wilson Drive. Graham also says Clincy has been arrested at least once for receiving stolen goods. Graham is not saying whether Clincy's past has anything to do with the early morning shooting.
"Detectives are looking at all aspects of the case," said Graham. "They really have very little information as to a motive."
"Every time shots are being fired, it's normally the same house," said Kevin Robinson who also lives on Larkspur Street.
Robinson says something tragic was bound to happen in his neighborhood.
"I'm n
ot surprised. I'm always calling JPD," said Robinson. "Every time you turn around, shots are being fired, and they haven't done anything apparent."
Robinson and his
nei
ghbors are
hoping someone is quickly caught before there's another victim like five-year-old D'Anthony Robey.
If you have any information on this shooting, call the Jackson Police Departmen
t's Robbery-Homicide Division at 960-1308 or call Crimestoppers at 355-TIPS.
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Such is life in negrotown where everyday is a holiday and every meal a feast.
T.N.B.
Sleeping 5-Year-Old Shot in Home
The Jackson Police Department is investigating an overnight shooting that has left a five-year-old boy critically injured. WLBT learned Tuesday afternoon that surgeons had to amputate D'Anthony Roby's left arm. Police say they need your help in finding the shooter.
Officers say on Tuesday at 12:40 a.m. Roby was reportedly sleeping with his mother when several shots were fired into his home at 1015 Larkspur Street.
"Detectives
elieve someone pulled up in a vehicle, opened fire on the house, shot several times into the house, striking the child in the arm and then speeding away," said Jackson Police spokesman Robert Graham.
<b
r>Graham says four or five other people were in the home, including 21- year-old Lurenza Clincy of Jackson
, one of two people shot on February 5, 2003 at Captain D's Seafood Restaurant on West Woodrow Wilson Drive. Graham also says Clincy has been arrested at least once for receiving stolen goods. Graham is not saying whether Clincy's past has anything to do with the early morning shooting.
"Detectives are looking at all aspects of the case," said Graham. "They really have very little information as to a motive."
"Every time shots are being fired, it's normally the same house," said Kevin Robinson who also lives on Larkspur Street.
Robinson says something tragic was bound to happen in his neighborhood.
"I'm n
ot surprised. I'm always calling JPD," said Robinson. "Every time you turn around, shots are being fired, and they haven't done anything apparent."
Robinson and his
nei
ghbors are
hoping someone is quickly caught before there's another victim like five-year-old D'Anthony Robey.
If you have any information on this shooting, call the Jackson Police Departmen
t's Robbery-Homicide Division at 960-1308 or call Crimestoppers at 355-TIPS.
**********
Such is life in negrotown where everyday is a holiday and every meal a feast.
T.N.B.