SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — One person is dead, and another is in the hospital after a shooting at an apartment complex in Southaven Friday night.
According to Southaven Police, officers responded to a shots fired call at the Luxe apartments after 10:30 p.m. When officers arrived, they found a deceased victim in the 100 block of the complex.
Some residents said they heard gunfire.
“It was before I walked in the house with my baby. I heard some shots and I looked out the window and I seen someone walking around with a gun,” said one resident.
Police say another victim ran from the initial scene and was found in the 200 block of the apartment complex. The victim was shot three times.
“I see all the guy’s stuff on the ground, his shoes, his merchandise. You definitely see the police get him up and put him in the car. The other guy I didn’t see that ran all the way down there,” said a witness.
The victim was rushed to Regional One and is now in critical but stable condition.
Another resident who didn’t want to be identified said when the shooting ended a neighbor told her what happened.
“I was sitting at the computer and I heard about ten, eleven gunshots, and we jumped up,” she said. “He was like ‘They just shot somebody. They just shot somebody and a little boy just ran through y’all apartments.'”
People who live in the complex said the victims had just graduated high school.
“Just about to start life, to get it took from you that fast is scary, and from what I hear they haven’t caught nobody, but I know they gonna catch em because Southaven don’t play. They don’t play that,” the witness said.
People we talked to said they moved to Southaven to feel safe. Now, residents like Gale Yarbor are considering moving again.
“I don’t want to go back home, it’s dangerous there too. I am trying to find a safe place,” Yarbor said.
In a statement, Southaven Police said, “Incidents like this affect the community to the core, and we are asking for assistance to apprehend the individual(s) responsible for this senseless act of violence.”
Last month, a man was shot at the Lux apartments after he tracked his stolen car there and tried to retrieve it on his own.
If you have any information about Friday night’s shooting, contact the Southaven Police Department at 662-393-0228.