Horrifying Video of Carjackers Shooting at Mom, Kids Puts Harsh Spotlight on Jackson, Mississippi’s Violent Crime Crisis
‘Jackson now has one of the highest per capita homicide rates in the country,’ one observer tells the Sun, ranking it above some of America’s most violent cities. It’s ‘higher than Memphis, higher than Baltimore, higher than Detroit.’
A “descent into dystopia” is how one Jackson, Mississippi resident describes the violent crime, carjackings, and shootings that have been plaguing the city in recent years.
Disturbing new video footage caught on a Ring doorbell camera on Friday shows a Jackson family being attacked and carjacked in their driveway. A mom, her kids and her grandkids were held at gunpoint, pulled out of the car, and even shot at as two suspects — yet to be caught by the police — stole a car and fled.
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