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...
Kaitlin Howell 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 ...
Erika Bibbs 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...
Kaitlin Howell 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...
Kaitlin Howell 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 ...
The Associated Press 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...
Kaitlin Howell 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...
Kaitlin Howell 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...
Kaitlin Howell 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...
The Associated Press 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...
Rachel Hernandez Dec 06, 2021
