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A 16-year-old is dead after being shot in the face Friday night in Jackson. Jackson police said officers responded to a home in the 700 block of Lindsey Drive shortly before 5:30 p.m. Friday and found Cameron Kelly had been killed by a gunshot wound to the right eye.

Police are searching for a Columbus man as a person-of-interest in connection to a motel homicide. Police identify the person as Johnathan Lee Majors II. The shooting happened at the Motel 6 near Highway 82 and Highway 45. Word of the homicide came on the Columbus Police Department's Twitter account just after 1 a.m. Friday.

Tornado Warning including Myrtle MS until 3:45 AM CST

Jackson, Mississippi shooting at 700 block of Lindsey Drive: 1 killed

Firefighters responded to a home engulfed in flames near Florence early Thursday morning. Officials said, the fire started around 3:00 a.m. on Thomasville Road right off of Star Rd. in Rankin County. According to the homeowner's son-in-law, no one was inside the home at the time of the fire.

A half-naked woman flagged down a 16 WAPT News crew and stopped a Jackson police officer to report that she had been stabbed. The incident was reported shortly before 4 a.m. on Rose Street near Robinson Street. Officers said the 37-year-old woman was suffering from several lacerations and a stab wound.

A half-naked woman flagged down a 16 WAPT News crew and stopped a Jackson police officer to report that she had been stabbed. The incident was reported shortly before 4 a.m. on Rose Street near Robinson Street. Officers said the 37-year-old woman was suffering from several lacerations and a stab wound.

Jayess, Mississippi shooting at Frog Ridge Rd: 1 killed, 1 injured

Ridgeland, Mississippi shooting at 839 Ridgewood Road: 1 injured

The Mississippi Highway Patrol said an 18-wheeler ran off the road and crashed into trees Monday morning. It happened around 1:00 a.m. on Interstate 20 eastbound near Norrell Road just before Clinton.

Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi shooting at Sycamore Street: 3 injured

Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi shooting at Sycamore Street: 3 injured

Hinds County deputies arrested two people Friday on I-20 and confiscated drugs. Ambra Pigeon and Maykol Diaz, both of Florida, were charged with trafficking a controlled substance.

One man is dead after a fatal house fire in Jackson early Saturday morning. Around 2 a.m. JFD arrived at the home at the intersection of Ludlow Ave. and Pillars Court. Fire officials said there was fire and smoke coming from the home.

Multiple law enforcement officers responded to an incident Friday night. 16 WAPT spotted a heavy police presence at the High St. on-ramp to I-55 S, which shutdown traffic in the area around 8 p.m.

PORTLAND LPD27, the 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, sailed away yesterday from Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula MS, for the west coast. Commissioning scheduled for April 21 in Portland OR.

Vicksburg: Two children, ages 1 and 2, were killed Thursday night in a fire, Vicksburg officials said. The Vicksburg Fire Department received a 911 call about 9:45 p.m. Thursday. When firefighters arrived to the 700 block of Johnson Street, a home was engulfed in flames.

Two women and a baby were inside a car Thursday when someone opened fire on the vehicle, Jackson police officials said. Someone driving a red late-model Toyota Camry fired several shots at about 12:25 p.m. at the car, which was parked in the yard of a home on Welota Drive, near Boling Street, Cmdr. Tyree Jones said

A driver escaped with only minor injuries Thursday when a train crashed into his pickup truck, Jackson police said. Officers were called about 7:15 a.m. to Highway 80 and West Street, where the crash was reported.

Jackson, Mississippi shooting at Lampton Avenue and Mayes Street: 1 injured

Gulfport, Mississippi shooting at 1700 block of 45th Ave: no casualities

Hattiesburg, Mississippi shooting at Bowling Street: no casualities

Jackson: police arrested a man Monday after responding to a shots fired call near a school. Police said the man was test firing a rifle outside his home near Hillcrest Christian on Siwell Road. Someone called 911 and officers arrested the man on charges of shooting inside the city limits, which is a misdemeanor

Jackson, Mississippi shooting at W Capitol Street: 1 injured

Jackson, Mississippi shooting at 1600 block of 1st Avenue: 1 injured

Jackson, Mississippi shooting at Lynch Street: 1 injured

Hattiesburg, Mississippi shooting at 1714 Country Club Rd: 3 injured

Hattiesburg, Mississippi shooting at Highway 49: 1 injured

Pass Christian, Mississippi shooting at N/A: no casualities

Madison: A rollover crash on Interstate 55 left three people hospitalized on Sunday. Madison police said an SUV driven by Flavio Ivan Garcia, 26, swerved to avoid a collision with another car on the interstate and overcorrected and lost control of the vehicle. The SUV rolled over four times, landing upside down and trapping the driver and two passengers.