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Two weekend Northside shootings believed to be related
Fred Shelton
Columbus police are investigating two shootings that occurred over the weekend that they believe are connected.
Officers first received a call about shots fired at the intersection of 14th Avenue North and Waterworks Road at about 5:40 p.m. Friday, said Police Chief Fred Shelton. Upon arrival at the scene, however, officers did not find a shooter or victim.
At about the same time, Shelton said, 911 received a call about a white, four-door vehicle that had run off Bluecutt Road. When officers arrived at that scene, they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. The vehicle also had bullet holes, and the victim had a weapon.
One wounded, one sought after Columbus shooting
Location on Bluecutt Road in Columbus where a shooting victim crashed his car May 21, 2021.
Columbus police are looking for the person who fired into a car Friday afternoon sending one person to the hospital with a single gunshot wound.
Posted: May 22, 2021 11:52 AM
Updated: May 22, 2021 12:06 PM
Posted By: Craig Ford
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WTVA) Police in Columbus are looking for the person who fired into a car Friday afternoon sending one person to the hospital with a single gunshot wound.
The shooting happened around 5:40 p.m. at 14th Avenue North and Railroad Street.
Chief Fred Shelton said one car pulled up and a person inside fired into the other vehicle.
Fourth suspect charged in Columbus man’s murder
By Dispatch Staff Report May 11, 2021
Javaris Decedric Johnson
Lowndes County deputies have arrested a fourth suspect in the murder of a Columbus man who has been missing for almost a year.
Javaris Decedric Johnson, 36, of Columbus, has been charged with murder in the suspected death of James Ryan Taylor, Sheriff Eddie Hawkins confirmed to The Dispatch on Monday.
Johnson is the third suspect charged with murder in Taylor’s death, with a fourth suspect charged with accessory after the fact. Investigators still have not found Taylor’s body, but Hawkins previously told The Dispatch they are still piecing together how Taylor was killed and are hopeful they will recover his remains.
Car chase leads to shooting, wreck in Southside
Police are investigating two unrelated shootings since Monday afternoon in Columbus, the second of which occurred during a late-night car chase in Southside.
At about midnight, the second shooting victim was driving down Seventh Street South followed by a black, four-door sedan, Columbus Police Chief Fred Shelton said. A person in the pursuing car was shooting at the lead vehicle. After the driver of the lead vehicle was hit with a bullet, Shelton said, he crashed near the intersection of Fifth Avenue South.
“(His injuries) were serious enough to be transferred out to (an out-of-town) hospital,” Shelton said.