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10 shots heard in exchange of gunfire that killed 2 outside Jackson convenience store
Ross Adams
Investigative Reporter
10 shots heard in exchange of gunfire that killed 2 outside Jackson convenience store
PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN AN HOUR? YEAH, THAT WAS THURSDAY NIGHT. TWO MEN SHOT TO DEATH OUTSIDE CONVENIENCE STORE AND ANOTHER MAN KILLED IN A ROAD RAGE SHOOTING. áááA WARNING SOME OF THE VIDEO YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE COULD E DISTURBING.ááá GUN VIOLENCE HAS GRIPPED THE CITY OF JACKSON THIS WEEK. AN EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY WAS WOUNDED IN A MASS SHOOTING AT A PARK EASTER SUNDAY. THAT SAME DAY A MAN SHOT AND KILLED OUTSIDE A GAS STATION AFTER ATTACKING A WOMAN INSIDE. AN 80 YEAR OLD WOMAN GUNNED DOWN MONDAY WHILE SLEEPING ON THE COUCH IN HER HOME. AND THREE PEOPLE FATALY SHOT WITHIN AN HOUR THURSDAY NIGHT. 20-28 <THAT IS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT IMPACTS EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE CITY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THREE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIFE WITH AN HOUR.> CHIEF JOE WADE SAYS A DOUBLE HOMICIDE HAPPENED AT THE FOOD MART ON WEST CAPITOL STREET AND LONGINO STREET. ONE OF THE SHOOTING VICTIMS 45 YEAR OLD GLEN STEVENS. OFFICERS WERE STILL WORKING TO IDENTIFY THE OTHER MAN KILLED. 3:04-3:14 <WE HAD AN INCIDENT AGAIN WHERE APPARENTLY WE HAD SOME INDIVIDUALS EXCHANGING GUN FIRE AT THAT LOCATION AND THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT LOCATION AND THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS LOST THEIR LIFE.> A WOMAN WHO DIDN'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED SAYS SHE HEARD TEN GUNSHOTS OUTSIDE HER APARTMENT A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE STORE WHERE THE TWO MEN DIED. 0671 40-50 <WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND AS YOU WERE HEARING THOSE SHOTS? THAT SOMEBODY COULD'VE GOT HURT OR I COULD'VE CAME WHERE WE WERE STAYING AT AND IT COULD'VE BEEN ONE OF MY BABIES OR ANYTHING.> JPD SAYS AROUND THE SAME TIME 23-YEAR-OLD JESUS CHAVES WAS KILLED IN A ROAD RAGE SHOOTING. WHEN OFFICERS GOT TO THE SCENE ON STATE STREET NEAR PRESTO LANE THEY FOUND HIM IN A CAR SHOT. CHAVES DIED LATER AT A HOSPITAL. INVESTIGATORS HAVE CHARGED 43-YEAR-OLD ALEJANDRO CONTRERAZ WITH MURDER. 1:50-2:00 <BUT WHAT MAKES THIS SO RECKLESS THE SUSPECT AS HE FIRED INTO THIS VEHICLE HAD HIS OWN FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON IN THE VEHICLE WITH HIM.> CONTRERAZ COULD ALSO FACE CHILD ENDANGEREMENT CHARGES. CHIEF WADE PLEADING WITH PEOPLE FOR A CEASE FIRE AND TO FIND PEACEFUL WAYS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT. 3:58-4:09 <BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOSING LIVES AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE REPLACED THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN GET BACK ONCE THAT PERSON IS SHOT AND KILLED. THEY'RE GONE FOREVER.> IN THE DOUBLE HOMICIDE POLCE USED URVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM THE STORE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED POSSIB
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10 shots heard in exchange of gunfire that killed 2 outside Jackson convenience store
Ross Adams
Investigative Reporter
A woman who lives in an apartment complex near the scene of a Thursday night double homicide said she rushed outside to check on her kids after she heard the barrage of bullets.The woman, who didn't want to be identified, said she heard 10 shots, and by the time she got outside, the gunfire had stopped."(I) was worried that somebody could’ve gotten hurt, or it could've came where we were staying at and it could’ve been one of my babies or anything," she said.Jackson police have been able to identify possible suspects after detectives reviewed surveillance video, according to Chief Joe Wade.According to investigators, 45-year-old Glen Stevens and another man who hasn’t been identified were found shot to death outside the Food Mart convenience store on West Capitol Street at the intersection of Longino Street.According to the chief, individuals may have been exchanging gunfire at the scene when the two men were killed. Friday morning, there was still a stain of dried blood on the ground from where investigators removed the bodies of the shooting victims.Late in the morning, the store still hadn’t opened for the day, and the front doors were still padlocked.The woman said she often shops at the store."I don't feel like it's safe for nobody to be at the store because (you) don’t never know what might happen," she said.
JACKSON, Miss. —

A woman who lives in an apartment complex near the scene of a Thursday night double homicide said she rushed outside to check on her kids after she heard the barrage of bullets.

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The woman, who didn't want to be identified, said she heard 10 shots, and by the time she got outside, the gunfire had stopped.

"(I) was worried that somebody could’ve gotten hurt, or it could've came where we were staying at and it could’ve been one of my babies or anything," she said.

Jackson police have been able to identify possible suspects after detectives reviewed surveillance video, according to Chief Joe Wade.

According to investigators, 45-year-old Glen Stevens and another man who hasn’t been identified were found shot to death outside the Food Mart convenience store on West Capitol Street at the intersection of Longino Street.

According to the chief, individuals may have been exchanging gunfire at the scene when the two men were killed. Friday morning, there was still a stain of dried blood on the ground from where investigators removed the bodies of the shooting victims.

Late in the morning, the store still hadn’t opened for the day, and the front doors were still padlocked.

The woman said she often shops at the store.

"I don't feel like it's safe for nobody to be at the store because (you) don’t never know what might happen," she said.