EDWARDS, Miss. (WJTV) – A 15-year-old boy was shot five times in front of an Edwards convenience store Tuesday afternoon.
According to Edwards Chief Terence Crump, Courtney Hodge was walking along 100th block of Wither Street and a tan Chevy Malibu drove by and fired shots.
The teen was accompanied by an 18-year-old man and another teen who were not hit. Hodge was transported to UMMC with wounds in his abdomen and left leg. The suspect’s vehicle was last seen heading east on Highway 467.
“I feel as this, my brother is a 15 year old child any problems you had with him or towards him, you could have came to me, his daddy, his mom, stepfather, it’s a number of people that plays a role in his development. You could’ve came to anyone of us and told us what was going on. It’s touch and go, I feel like it could have been resolved in a different manner,” said the victim’s sister, Natia Hodge.
The family is calling for those responsible to turn himself in. This is an active investigation.