Quentin Smith

1 week ago | wlbt.com | Quentin Smith

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WLBT) - Within a span of 12 hours, investigators with the Brookhaven Police Department investigated five separate shootings. One of the shootings was deadly. Lincoln County Coroner Blake Wallace identified the victim as 15-year-old Kayden Mohon. The teen was shot and killed a week before his 16th birthday. According to investigators with the Brookhaven Police Department, the first shooting happened at 6:20 Sunday evening.

1 week ago | wlbt.com | Quentin Smith

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A 15-year-old is dead after Precinct Three officers responded to a shooting behind a home on James Garfield Circle. When officers arrived, a victim was found dead from apparent gunshot wounds. According to Precinct 3 Captain Jacquelyn Thomas, the victim has been identified as 15-year-old Zacarius Berry. Police say that Berry did live in the neighborhood, but he did not live at the home where he was found. JPD tells us Berry was shot multiple times.

2 weeks ago | wlbt.com | Quentin Smith

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A mistrial was declared for a former Jackson firefighter charged with raping a 13-year-old girl. On Friday, Audric Simmons was in court for the trial regarding his statutory rape charge of the teen girl that occurred in 2020. After roughly six hours of deliberation, the jurors in court could not reach a unanimous decision, resulting in a mistrial. Simmons will remain out on bond until his next trial date. It’s set to begin on August 11. Want more WLBT news in your inbox?

2 weeks ago | wlbt.com | Quentin Smith

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Department of Justice is ending its investigations of civil rights violations in eight states. Those states include Minnesota, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, Arizona, New York, and Oklahoma. In light of this news, the American Civil Liberties Union, also known as the ACLU, launched a new campaign. It’s called the Seven States Safety Campaign. The organization is filing public records requests in seven states to uncover police misconduct.

2 weeks ago | wlbt.com | Anthony Warren |Quentin Smith

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Owners of at least 15 apartment complexes in the Capital City have more than $100,000 each in past-due water bills, including two tied to a man previously charged with stealing rent money in Indiana. This week, JXN Water released a list of 15 owners of multi-family units with the highest past-due amounts in the city. In all, officials with the utility say 141 multi-family accounts on JXN Water are currently past due, owing a combined $7.5 million in delinquent charges.