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Police seek leads in shooting at east Jackson apartment complex

[gtxvideo vid="RxIznMtt" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/RxIznMtt.jpg" vtitle="Jackson Apartment Shooting”] EAST JACKSON -- Police are investigating a Wednesday shooting at an east Jackson apartment complex. No injuries were reported, and police have made no arrests. The shooting occurred around 1:30 p.m. near…

Police update info on car driven by suspect in fatal west Jackson shooting

[gtxvideo vid="3QReHkbc" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/3QReHkbc.jpg" vtitle="Woodberry Shooting Update 6pm”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police have released updated information about the car they are looking for in a Tuesday shooting that left one man dead. The car is a white, four-door 2007…

Shooting in Brownsville leaves two injured

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- Brownsville Police are investigating a Tuesday night shooting that left two people injured. Investigators told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News they received reports of shots being fired around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on Thomas Street between Fairgrounds Road and…

Local author's work hits the big screen

[gtxvideo vid="wqPcVcnA" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wqPcVcnA.jpg" vtitle="Local Author Recognized”] JACKSON, Tenn -- A local author celebrates the release of his new movie, Tuesday. As Tim Enochs turns each page while reading the Bible, he thinks about how he can help others.…

Volunteers count number of homeless across West TN

[gtxvideo vid="9IFkBumm" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/9IFkBumm.jpg" vtitle="Jackson Homeless Census”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Tuesday night volunteers around Madison County took a special census all in hopes to get help for the homeless. It is an issue across the country and right…

Brownsville police: Teenagers behind high school fire

[gtxvideo vid="8pZuu3Eb" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8pZuu3Eb.jpg" vtitle="Haywood High School Fire 10pm PKG”] BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- Brownsville police said Tuesday they are now declaring Monday's fire at Haywood High School, an act of vandalism. According to the police report, dispatch received an…

Jackson police ID victim in Tuesday shooting

[gtxvideo vid="EvjnC2Z5" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/EvjnC2Z5.jpg" vtitle="Woodberry Trail Shooting 10pm PKG”] WEST JACKSON, Tenn. -- A city-wide manhunt as officers swarm scene after scene in the search for a masked killer who for now remains on the run. Gunfire Tuesday morning…

Madison Co. commissioners address Juvenile Detention Center overcrowding

[gtxvideo vid="e9LeIr5n" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/e9LeIr5n.jpg" vtitle="Juvenile Detention Overcrowding”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- County Commissioners approve nearly $25,000 in additional funding to house inmates at the Madison County Juvenile Detention Center in other counties. "We are having an overcrowding situation at the…

Deadly west Jackson shooting shocks neighbors

[gtxvideo vid="RGFwXhGU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/RGFwXhGU.jpg" vtitle="Neighborhood Reaction”] WEST JACKSON -- People living near the scene of Tuesday‘s deadly shooting on Woodberry Trail said they are shocked and scared. Akedra McKinnie lives not far from the driveway where police said a…

Henderson Co. firefighters save home from grass fire

[gtxvideo vid="fxNhDtt6" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/fxNhDtt6.jpg" vtitle="Henderson Grass Fire”] HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Firefighters saved a home Tuesday afternoon from a fast-moving grass fire. Fire officials say the fire that put the home in danger started with a neighbor burning leaves.…

Fire chief: Blaze at Jackson factory caused by faulty cooling system

[gtxvideo vid="RXom74GN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/RXom74GN.jpg" vtitle="UGN Fire Update”] EAST JACKSON -- Officials say a Monday fire at a Jackson manufacturing facility was caused by a faulty cooling system on a machine. Jackson Fire Department Fire Chief Max Stewart said the…

Tuesday marks official start of tax season

[gtxvideo vid="tTGAznSj" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/tTGAznSj.jpg" vtitle="tax season 5pm”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- As of Tuesday, the official start to tax season, you can officially file your 2014 federal tax return. It's about two weeks earlier than last year's start date. Local…

Jackson woman in court accused of stabbing uncle

[gtxvideo vid="SfXGmBAU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/SfXGmBAU.jpg" vtitle="Willis Knife Assault”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Jackson woman faces charges after police say she used a kitchen knife to cut her uncle during a Saturday morning fight. Virginia Willis was charged Tuesday with aggravated…

Traffic stop lands Jackson teen in court on gun, drug charges

[gtxvideo vid="cuiHPgK1" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/cuiHPgK1.jpg" vtitle="Williams Theft Possession”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A Jackson teen faced a judge Tuesday on firearm, theft and drug charges. Jaquinn Laron Williams, 19, was pulled over Saturday by police. During a search, officers say they…

Man charged in north Jackson shooting appears in court

[gtxvideo vid="lxIhbqqU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/lxIhbqqU.jpg" vtitle="Kirby Attempted Murder”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- The wanted man who turned himself in after a week on the run faced a judge Tuesday on charges stemming from a north Jackson shooting. Kirby Ross, 22, is…

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