I am writing in response to the inaccurate facts printed in The Vicksburg Post, and on Jackson television stations WLBT and WJTV concerning the wreck in which my grandson was killed on the morning of Feb. 22.

First inaccuracy was that the truck belonged to my grandson, which it did not.

The second was that the truck may have been involved in a crime. At 6 a.m. the boys were at the Kangaroo station on Indiana Avenue and a deputy ran the tag. It came back clear and the deputy allowed the boys to drive off.

Third, it was reported that several calls had been made about their reckless driving. One call was made. According to the witness who made the call, Christopher passed him and slowed down and, according to the passenger in the truck with Christopher, they thought this was someone they knew. The man said Christopher was swerving off the road.

The fourth was that he was doing “donuts” in the middle of U.S. 61 South. He was not on 61 South. He stopped at the car wash on Grange Hall Road and 61 South, went through a washing bay, dumped the clutch (as young people will do) and “squealed tires.”

As he turned onto 61, a Vicksburg police officer began giving chase. Christopher turned onto Belva Drive and was pursued through a busy school zone.

Most of these inaccurate facts were reported by VPD Chief Walter Armstrong, who has been nothing but rude, arrogant and disrespectful to my family.

My grandson was not perfect. He took a wrong turn in life, but he was only 19 and had a lifetime ahead to turn things around. He used poor judgment and should not have run, but he was young and scared. The police had the tag number and all that had to be done was terminate the pursuit and go to Christopher’s father’s house to pick them up — only 2 miles away.

To Chief Armstrong, the officer who pursued Christopher and the witness who said Christopher almost ran her off the road and then said he got what he deserved, I pray that none of your family has to go and see your child laid across the highway due to someone’s poor judgment.

Mary Lou Lynn

Vicksburg