Officers and investigators of the Jackson Police Department are investigating a late evening shooting that has left one person dead, according to a Monday night news release from JPD.
Around 7:35 p.m., Monday, June 29, JPD officers were dispatched to a shooting in the area of Roosevelt Parkway and Carver Street. Responding officers located a juvenile that was suffering from a gunshot. The juvenile was transported by Emergency Medical Services to a local hospital and later died from the injury.
Jackson Police have a person of interest in custody and are not looking for any other subjects at this time, the release said.
This is an ongoing investigation.
If anyone has information that could assist in this investigation, please call the Criminal Investigation Division at 731-425-8400 or Crime Stoppers at www.jmcrimestoppers.org