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JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - The capital city's 61st homicide investigation centered on a man who was fatally shot while allegedly attempting to break into a vehicle. Officers responded to the scene just before nine o'clock Saturday night in an apartment complex in the 5700 block of County Cork Road off Briarwood Drive. It is located behind the Magnolia Federal Credit Union. Jackson Police Department spokesman Lt. Jeffery Scott said 20 year old Brandon Lenard of Jackson died of a single shotgun wound. Witnesses told police Lenard was breaking into an SUV at the complex when he was spotted by the...

Within the last week on three separate occasions, Jackson residents have taken up firearms to defend themselves against assailants. In the most recent case, a man shot and killed 20 year old Kenneth Stewman in the 4900 block of Rosehaven Drive. Police say Swetman and another man were attempting to rob the homeowner. Police say the man who fired the fatal shot will not be charged in the case. A state law, known as the Castle Doctrine, allows private citizens to use deadly force to protect their homes, vehicles or businesses from intruders. And since crime is such a problem...

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A gun battle in Saucier ended with an armed robbery suspect dead and an elderly couple lucky to be alive. "Out of nowhere to my right there was this voice that said 'Hey." So I turned around and looked and it was this masked man. He had a mask on and a jacket that all seemed like it blended together and he had a gun in his hand pointed at me," Beth Greer said. "He had the gun pointed at me," said Tommy Greer. "I figured he was going to shoot me anyway so why not try to whip him,...

The woman who fought back during a carjacking believes her safety may still be at risk. This weekend the Copiah County woman shot and killed the man she said was trying to steal her car and possibly kill her. It happened around 11:30pm Saturday outside a pool hall on Highway 51 in Copiah County. Kennya Johnson is still shaken up. Saturday night she was leaving the pool hall in Copiah County when a man approached her, asked for directions, then pulled out a gun. "I reached over to shut my door from my left, and he had a gun in...