Brownsville investigators search for suspects in Tuesday night shooting

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. — Multiple shots were fired late Tuesday night on Tisdale Street in Brownsville, sending a man to the hospital in Memphis.

Days later, police are still working to identify multiple suspects who were involved.

Around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Brownsville police arrived at Tisdale Street for a reported shooting.

“They located 16 shell casings,” Brownsville Assistant Police Chief Kelvin Evans said. “Second call came in, we had a victim.”

Javonte Jarrett, 21, was shot twice, once in the leg and the forearm and had to run through an alley to escape.

“Shooting started, he ran to get away from the guys that were after him,” Evans said. “He advised us it was approximately six back males dressed in black.”

Jarrett had to be airlifted to Regional One in Memphis where he is now in stable condition.

Police say there are persons of interest but that no one is in custody. Although the shooter’s motive isn’t clear, the victim says this was a robbery.

With crimes like this happening within the city limits, Brownsville police have invested in new technology that may help solve this shooting and other crimes in the area. Police have a new city watch camera to observe high crime areas and also a drone that can fly above crime scenes.

“We’re trying to implement things to deter the crime here, along with our city watch camera that’s to the west of us,” Evans said. “We’re going to view the camera and see if it picked up anything from that night.”

Even with the new technology, police say they won’t solve every crime without help from the community.

“We just encourage people to call,” Evans said. “I mean, 16 rounds. We know somebody at least saw something.”

If you know anything about this shooting or any other crime in Brownsville, you can call the police department at 731-772-1215. Officers say you can remain anonymous.