2 killed in shooting near St. Paddy’s Parade route

A FLORENCE MAN IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT. 16 WAPT’S TROY JOHNSON IS FOLLOWING THIS STORY. THAT GUNMAN FLED THE SCENE AFTER THE SHOOTING, AND WAS LATER CAPTURED… IN HAPPENED HERE NEAR AMITE AND JEFFERSON STREETS…JUST STEPS FROM THE ST. PADDY’S PARADE… CAPITOL POLICE SAID THEY RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF SHOTS BEING FIRED AROUND 1PM… BOTH VICTIMS SUFFERED GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND DIED ON THE SCENE… A MANHUNT THEN BEGAN FOR THE MAN YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN…27 YEAR OLD JORDAN KYLE CUMMINS… CHIEF BO LUCKEY SAID THAT CUMMINS LEFT THE AREA AFTER THE SHOOTING IN A OLD CHEVROLET MALIBU…HE WAS LATER ARRESTED IN RANKIN COUNTY AT HIS HOME… AS FOR WHAT TRIGGERED ALL OF THIS, CHIEF LUCKY SAID THE INCIDENT STARTED IN THE SHOOTER’S VEHICLE… <IT WAS A WHITE MALE, SUSPECT, AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE IN AN ALTERCATION IN THE PARKING LOT, AND UNFORTUNATELY THESE VICTIMS INTERVENED, AND THAT’S WHEN THE SHOTS FIRED OCCURRED> <ONE THING I WILL SAY ABOUT THIS CASE…WE WERE HERE IN ONE MINUTE OF THE SHOOTING. SO…WE WERE HERE…THE AREA WAS SATURATED. LIKE I SAID, UNFORTUNATLEY IT’S JUST SOMETHING YOU CAN’T PREDICT WHEN YOU’RE DEALING WITH A DOMESTIC TYPE SITUATION.> CHIEF LUCKEY SAID THAT CUMMINS WAS ARRESTED BY RANKIN COUNTY POLICE…THEY RECOVERED HIS VEHICLE, AND THE MURDER WEAPON AT HIS HOME… THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT TO ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES THAT WERE APART OF HAL’S ST. PADDY’S DAY PARADE…BUT THE CHIEF SAID THIS WAS AN UNPREDICTABLE DOMESTIC INCIDENT…MUCH DIFFERENT FROM AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION, LIKE THE ONE THAT UNFOLDED DURING THE MUDBUG FESTIVAL LAST YEAR… THOSE TWO BYSTANDERS THAT WERE KILLED…THE

2 killed in shooting near St. Paddy’s Parade route

Updated: 11:15 PM CDT Mar 25, 2023

Two people were killed Saturday in a shooting near the Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade route.Shots were fired at about 1 p.m. near Amite and Jefferson streets. Two people received fatal injuries, a spokesperson for Capitol police said.Capitol police arrested 27-year-old Jordan Kyle Cummins in connection with the shooting. Authorities said Cummins was taken into custody without incident.

JACKSON, Miss. —

Two people were killed Saturday in a shooting near the Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade route.

Shots were fired at about 1 p.m. near Amite and Jefferson streets. Two people received fatal injuries, a spokesperson for Capitol police said.

Capitol police arrested 27-year-old Jordan Kyle Cummins in connection with the shooting. Authorities said Cummins was taken into custody without incident.