Posted on 10/14/2013 2:35:07 PM PDT by kcvl
JACKSON, Miss. James Jimmy Johnson, a 56-year-old B.A.S.S. angler competing in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open tournament on Ross Barnett Reservoir this week, was shot to death Sunday night at a motel in Jackson, police confirmed.
Jackson Police Department spokesperson Colendula Green said Johnson of Ganado, Texas, was fatally shot at the Motel 6 at 7145 Interstate Hwy. 55 North in Jackson, where he and his wife were staying during the tournament. Police received the call at 7:48 p.m. Sunday. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Green told Bassmaster.com the incident is being investigated as a homicide, and police are looking for a black male who appeared on security cameras at the motel.
Details are limited as the investigation continues, but Chris Bowes, senior tournament manager for the Bassmaster Opens, said he received a call from a friend of Johnsons Sunday night saying that Johnson had discovered someone apparently burglarizing his bass boat. The shooting occurred after that.
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Its Karma Police, my friend and its not easy to pay back.
"This is what you get, when you mess with us."
the media says we should be disarmed so that these criminals can murder us easier
the democrats say we Americans should be disarmed so that these criminals can murder us easier
And I thought he did that....thus my "ass" statement.
Sure.....the Mayo, the Courtyard by Marriot, the Hyatt Regency, etc..etc...in downtown Tulsa.
How's those work for you....?
Not good parts of town, by any means..but nice places to stay.
And FYI....I've stayed in M-6's in cities...with good service and no problems.
Fair enough?
The reply was to 38 and reference to slavery.
The way Jackson is, the perp won’t get anything except and attaboy and a short visit with his cuzes.
ID him and walk right and double tap him. You’ll never catch me talking vigilantly down.
Or you mean reservoir?
The rez is slang for Ross Barnett Reservoir.
And if you click on the map link I posted upthread you’ll see that this wasn’t a great part of town either.
But while you’re at it, read the entire description of the crime situation in Jackson at that link.
Very enlightening.
Thx
LOL!!!
Putz
LOL!!
Motel 6’s are mostly owned by Muslims, with rooms rented to criminals, the down and out and those on the run.
If I ever have to travel to Jackson,MS I will rent an MRAP.
Time for Paul Kersey to move to Jackson.
With the new city government in place, it does resemble Mogadishu. I understand that they are not the same city. There are areas in Somalia that one can travel with some degree of safety. Europeans do it from time to time as do UN personnel.
Of course I was using rhetoric in my statement but what I said is far closer to reality than it is a fabrication. There are places in Jackson one cannot go into... day or night... places that the police do not venture into. It is a blight on a beautiful State.
These guys aren't looking for luxury, they just want a place to sleep. There's several cheap motels by me that get filled up with the bass guys when they come thru here in the summer for local tournaments.......
Same thing for the Gold Cup powerboat races.......
Well, the wife and I are usually out West when we vacation many times in small towns in remote areas. We occasionally stay at nice hotels around the Twin Cities and Milwaukee, and I do keep my eyes open.
That’s what I was thinking. It’s been 6-7 years since I was there but I use to stay in motels on the Interstate in north Jackson and didn’t think anything of it. Seemed like a decent part of town. Seems like I always stayed in a La Quinta or Hampton Inn, right by a Chili’s that I always got dinner at.
Texas and Mississippi reciprocate.
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