Category Archives: WJTV
Two wanted for shooting, kidnapping on Morton Avenue in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are working to find two suspects after a two-month-old was kidnapped and a woman was shot on Monday, December 6. The incident happened on Morton Avenue. Police s...
Dec 07, 2021
Woman turns herself in after man stabbed to death in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police arrested a woman in connection to the stabbing death of a man. According to Officer Sam Brown, the stabbing happened around 9:00 p.m. on Monday at a home off of ...
Dec 07, 2021
Jackson police respond to deadly shooting on Grand Avenue
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police responded to a deadly shooting on Monday, December 6, 2021. The shooting happened on Grand Avenue at Rose Street before 7:45 p.m. The victim was identified as Ti...
Dec 06, 2021
Three wanted for robbing AutoZone in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are working to find three suspects who robbed an AutoZone store on Monday, December 6. Police said the armed robbery happened Monday afternoon at the business on...
Dec 06, 2021
Mississippi man admitted to another killing just before execution
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A man who was executed in Mississippi last month for killing his estranged wife admitted to another killing, and his confession could resolve a 2007 cold case, a prosecutor said ...
Dec 06, 2021
Seven Ole Miss fraternity members arrested on cyberstalking charges
OXFORD, Miss. (WJTV) - Seven members of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at the University of Mississippi were arrested on Friday, December 3. The Clarion Ledger reported the suspects were charged with c...
Dec 06, 2021
Reward increased for information in killing of Simpson County cattle
SIMPSON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Simpson County deputies said the reward has increased to $4,500 for information leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for the killing of two cattle. Man wan...
Dec 06, 2021
Man wanted for sexual battery involving minors in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are working to find a man accused of four counts of sexual battery involving minors. Trial begins for man accused in 2018 homicide in Jackson Police are searchin...
Dec 06, 2021
Emmett Till investigation closed by Justice Department
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department told relatives of Emmett Till on Monday that it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, to...
Dec 06, 2021
Trial begins for man accused in 2018 homicide in Jackson
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The trial for the man accused of killing a woman in 2018 began in Hinds County Circuit Court on Monday, December 6. Man arrested after Pike County deputies find meth durin...
Dec 06, 2021