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1 injured in early morning shooting in Hub City

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Bonhomie Apartments . Source: WDAM" title=" Bonhomie Apartments . Source: WDAM" width="180" style="border: 0px;" /> Bonhomie Apartments . Source: WDAM HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) - Hattiesburg police are investigating an early morning shooting that injured a man in the Hub City. Around 1:45 Tuesday morning, police responded to 1810 Country Club Road , Bonhomie Apartments for a reported shooting according to Hattiesburg Police Lt . Latosha Myers Mitchell . “When officers arrived, they found a male suffering from multiple gunshot wounds , once in the head and once in the back,” said Myers Mitchell . She added that the victim was transported by ambulance to Forrest General Hospital , where he is listed in stable condition. No arrests have been made, and if you have any information, contact Hattiesburg Police or Metro Crime Stoppers at 601-582-STOP. Copyright WDAM 2017. All rights reserved. 

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BELMONT — A 27-year-old Menlo Park man charged with the murder of a friend’s ex-boyfriend pleaded not guilty Tuesday, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney ’s Office. Jovhon Stewart  The 24-year-old victim, DeJohn Jones, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of Aug. 5 when he went to Jolie Harris’ one-bedroom apartment on the 500 block of Ralston Avenue in Belmont with his sister and cousin to retrieve a television and other items that belonged to him. Prosecutors said Jones and Harris had recently broken up. At the apartment with Harris that morning were her brother Victor Bell and five other friends, including the suspect, Jovhon A. Stewart. Stewart was identified as Jones’ killer by Bell, Stewart’s girlfriend Bryana Fields and Davinci Mendoza, according to prosecutors. Authorities arrested Stewart at the Union City BART station on Aug. 9. An autopsy showed Jones was shot twice in the back, once in the head and once in the arm. Prosecutors said he was not a...

20 months after paraplegic man killed in Algiers, arrest made in Houston

A man wanted in connection to the December 2015 shooting death of a paraplegic man in Algiers was captured over the weekend in Houston, more than 20 months after the murder, New Orleans police said.  Jeren Johnson , 25, was killed Dec. 6, 2015, while riding in the passenger seat of his friend's car, according to NOPD and Johnson's mother, Tancy Johnson. She said she received a call about 12:30 a.m. Sunday (Aug. 20) from an officer alerting her the suspect in her son's case, Shanta Massey, had been arrested in Houston.    Online records from the Harris County, Texas, jail show Massey , 24, was booked into the jail on Baker Street in Houston Sunday on an out-of-state warrant. Johnson, 46, said Monday the officer whose call woke her told her Massey was captured late Saturday related to her son's death and was booked the following morning.   Police found Jeren Johnson shot to death inside a Nissan Altima that had crashed into a truck in the 2600 block of Gen. Collins S...

1 dead and 1 injured in Clarksville apartment complex shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A man was seriously injured in a shooting during a robbery attempt at a South Nashville apartment complex early Monday morning . It happened at the Starlight Apartments on Massman Drive around 1:15 a.m. Metro police told News 2 the victim was found with at least one gunshot wound in the driver’s seat of a red car. A passenger who was in the red car told Metro police three to four men wearing all black and speaking fluent Spanish robbed them at gunpoint. The victim was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in serious but stable condition. The suspect left the area in a black GMC Yukon described by police as “loud” toward Murfreesboro Pike. No additional information was immediately released. Share this: Related Posts Advertisement

Man pleads not guilty for Belmont murder | Local News

Jovhon Stewart An East Bay man suspected of shooting and killing a 24-year-old in a Belmont apartment earlier this month pleaded not guilty and gave up his right for a speedy trial, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney ’s Office. Jovhon Alexander Stewart , 27, was arrested Aug. 9 after a four- day manhunt spanning two Bay Area counties , according to prosecutors. Early in the morning on Saturday, Aug. 5, DeJohn Jones, a 24-year-old Union City resident , was shot four times at his ex-girlfriend’s one-bedroom apartment at 566 Ralston Ave., according to prosecutors. According to police and prosecutors, Jones and the woman had recently broken up when he showed up possibly unexpected. Jones, his sister and his cousin went to the woman’s apartment to retrieve his TV and some personal items. When he arrived the woman was there with her brother and five of his friends, including Stewart. It’s not yet clear what prompted the shooting, but police have reason to believe those in...

Court to appoint attorney for murder suspect | Local News

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Jovhon Stewart A court-appointed attorney will be assigned to the case of an East Bay man suspected of shooting and killing a 24-year-old in a Belmont apartment earlier this month after he admitted he would not be able to afford a retained lawyer Wednesday , according to the San Mateo County District Attorney ’s Office. Jovhon Alexander Stewart , 27, did not enter a plea in his second court appearance since his arrest last week, which ended a four- day manhunt spanning two Bay Area counties , according to prosecutors. Early in the morning on Saturday, Aug. 5, DeJohn Jones, a 24-year-old Union City resident , was shot four times at his ex-girlfriend’s 1-bedroom apartment at 566 Ralston Ave., according to prosecutors. According to police and prosecutors, Jones and the woman had recently broken up when he showed up possibly unexpected. Jones, his sister and his cousin went to the woman’s apartment to retrieve his TV and some personal items. When he arrived the woman was th...

Newport News man shot in vehicle overnight

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Thursday morning in Newport News. Shortly after 2 a.m., dispatchers received a call about gunshots being heard on Giovanni Court in Aqueduct. A few minutes later,  Newport News Communications received a call from a local hospital in reference to a gunshot victim. Police say that a 56-year-old Newport News man was sitting in his vehicle in the Aqueduct Apartment complex when an unknown black male approached . The victim reported that the suspect attempted to rob him and a verbal altercation occurred .  Police say the suspect then pulled out a firearm and shot the victim. The victim was able to drive to a nearby hospital where police were called. The victim was then transferred to another nearby hospital  for treatment of his gunshot wounds to his elbow and buttocks area. Police say that the victims status is unknown at this time.   Newport News Police say the only suspect information provided was a black ...

Hanging Out | Westword

Three of the four men charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting the girl are also behind bars. The men are from Honduras, immigrants who found a home at the Heatherwood Apartments. The complex, near Peoria and Colfax in Aurora, is a racial melting pot , one that came to a boil on August 7, when a girl trying to leap to womanhood in a single summer got a very adult lesson. The violence bred more violence -- and more victims. News accounts the next day reported that a seventy-person mob had delivered street justice to one of the accused rapists. Although the reports weren't quite right -- nothing in this saga is -- street justice may be the only justice here. Anna grew up in the neighborhood and has a huge family of siblings and half-siblings. Anna has another daughter who was also taken away by Social Services when Anna went to prison. The girls have a baby brother, too, a child Anna gave birth to after she got out of prison two years ago. That baby has a different father w...