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THE CITY OF JACKSON HIT WITH A COUPLE OF APPARENT DRIVE BY SHOOTINGS... MONDAY EVENING, AROUND 5:30, JACKSON POLICE SAY ONE OF THEM HAPPENED IN THE AREA OF CLINTON BOULEVARD, NEAR DEXTER DRIVE... POLICE SAY 2 VICTIMS, A MALE AND A FEMALE, SUFFER MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS AFTER AN UNKNOW SUSPECT FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS INTO THE VEHICLE THEY WERE IN POLICE SAY THEN THE MALE DRIVER DROVE FROM THIS LOCATION, DO TO WOODROW WILSON BOULEVARD...TRYIN G TO SEEK HELP THE VEHICLE ENDED UP AT THE 4 HUNDRED BLOCK OF WOODRW WILSON...SOME 3 MILE FROM THE INITIAL SHOOTING SCENE... OUR CAMERA SHOWS THE CONDITI SHOOTING SCENE... OUR CAMERA SHOWS THE CONDITION OF THE VICTIMS SUV... THE BACK WINDOW COMPLETELY SHOT OUT... IT ALSO APPEARS SEVERAL PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS WERE SHATTERED... JACKSON POLICE SAY THE TWO VICTIMS ARE IN STABLE CONDITION, RECIEVING TREATMENT AT UMMC... NAT POP GUNFIRE ALSO RANG OUT TUESDAY MORNING, IN A SITUATION POLICE ARE CALLING A TARGETED SHOOTING... IN HAPPENED AROUND 10:30 AM, AT RUTLEDGE AVENUE AND MEDGAR EVERS BOULEVARD... A VEHICLE WITH FIVE OCCUPANTS WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND... POLICE SAY ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED UP, AND BEGAN SHOOTING... INVESTIGATORS SAY AS MANY AS 13 SHOTS WE FIRED... IT'S NOT RANDOM...IT'S TARGETED...AND, 90 PERCENT OF THE TIMES, 95 PERCENT OF THE TIMES THE VICTIM KNEW THE UH, SUSPECT JPD SAYS 3 ADULTS WERE IN THE CAR...BU THE INJURED VICTIMS WERE A 1 YEAR OLD GIR STRUCK BY A BULLET IN THE BACK OF HER HEAD, AND A 13 YEAR OLD BOY WHO SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE RIGHT FOREARM... THE FORCE OF THE BULLET BROKE A BONE... THAT WAS VERY SHOCKING...TO SE HER RUN IN, HOLDIN' HER ONE- YEAR-OLD, SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD JUST BLEEDING EVERYWHERE THE BABY GIRL IS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION...THE BOY IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER... POLICE SAY THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR TH SUSPECTED GUNMAN'S VEHICLE... A SILVER OR GOLD, OR POSSIBLY A TA A FORD EXPEDITION THEY SAY TWO MEN WERE INSIDE... IF YOU HAVE INFO, CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT 601- 355-TIPS. TROY JOHNSON...16 WAPT NEWS AT 10 JPD SAYS IT IS CURRENTLY REVIEWIN\n\nAdvertisement 2019 ends in surge of shootings 'We cannot allow 2020 to go in wrong direction,' councilman says Share Shares Copy Link Copy\n\nJackson police are investigating several shootings over the New Year's holiday, including one that injured two children.\u201cWe cannot allow 2020 to go in the wrong direction as 2019. We cannot allow 80-plus murders in the city of Jackson,\u201d said Ward 3 City Councilman Kenneth Stokes during a news conference Wednesday.The most recent shootings were reported on New Year's Day, police said.About 5 a.m. Wednesday, a man was shot at Village Apartments in the 300 block of Raymond Road. Police said the man is in critical condition at a hospital.Another man is also in critical condition after a shooting reported about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 700 block of Raymond Road, police said. Someone drove the man to a hospital, where he remains, police said. New Year's Eve shootingsAbout 9 p.m. Tuesday, a girl, whose age was not released, arrived at a hospital with a foot wound, police said. Police believe she was injured in the 1400 block of Palmyra Street while she was outside with fireworks. Police said people were nearby firing guns at the time. About an hour earlier, a woman was killed when someone shot into her home, police said. The woman was in a rear bedroom of the home in the 2500 block of Shepwood Drive, when she was shot, police said. The woman's name, age and suspect information were not immediately released.A man and woman suffered multiple gunshot wounds after someone shot into their vehicle on Clinton Boulevard, near Dexter Drive, police said. The man drove to Woodrow Wilson Avenue for help after the shooting, which was reported about 5:30 p.m., police said. Police have not released the names of the man and woman, but said they are stable at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.Another drive-by shooting was reported about 10 a.m. Tuesday in the 3900 block of Medgar Evers Boulevard, police said. A 1-year-old is in critical condition and a 13-year-old is stable after they were shot during the incident, police said. Investigators believe the shots were fired from a silver, gold or tan SUV. \u201cYoung, innocent lives are being impacted by horrific crime and gun violence. Help the Jackson Police Department. Again, help the Jackson Police Department,\" Stokes said.No arrests have been made in any of the shootings. 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