A child is injured after being shot near Jackson State’s football stadium on Saturday night.
Hinds County sheriff and interim Jackson Police chief Tyree Jones said gunfire rang out around 7 p.m. near the tailgate section on West Street outside Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. The JSU football team played Alabama State for its homecoming game, drawing 44,000 fans and even more in town for the festivities.
Jones said the child was shot in the abdomen and transported by police to the nearby University of Mississippi Medical Center for treatment. No suspects have been arrested at this time. Both the Jackson Police Department and Capitol Police Department are investigating the incident and asking for any relevant information to be turned over to them immediately.
There’s a been a shooting near the tailgate section of the JSU stadium on West St. A child has been injured and transported to UMMC by JPD officers in a patrol vehicle. Capitol PD and JPD investigating. No suspect information at this time. Anyone with information call police.
— TyreeJonesSheriff (@TyreeSheriff) October 12, 2025
It’s the third shooting to happen in Mississippi this weekend at a homecoming event. Six people were killed in a mass shooting that saw 16 partygoers struck by gunfire early Saturday morning in Leland following the homecoming game at Leland High School. Before that, a shooting on the campus of Heidelberg High School left two dead, including an expectant mother. A person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with the Heidelberg shooting, but no arrests have been made in connection with the Leland shooting.
Another shooting occurred at South Delta High School’s football game in Rolling Fork on Friday night. One victim was injured with two suspects taken into custody by the Sharkey County Sheriff’s Office.
