Police: Two hospitalized following shooting that stemmed from a domestic dispute

Published 8:53 am Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Two people are hospitalized in Jackson in serious condition after a shooting Monday night that is believed to have stemmed from a domestic dispute, Brookhaven Police Chief Kenneth Collins said.

The shooting occurred at a house in the 100 block of Cedar Street about 9:30 p.m., he said.

Brookhaven Police Department received a call of shots being fired. While enroute to the scene, King’s Daughters Medical Center personnel reported a female had come to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the upper body. Officers at the home on Cedar Street found a male subject who had also been shot. Both have been taken to University of Mississippi Medical Center.

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“It started with some kind of domestic dispute,” Collins said.

There are no additional suspects in the shooting. The incident remains under investigation by BPD.