Sunday morning shooting on North Frontage Road leaves two injured

Published 11:22 am Sunday, September 22, 2019

A violent weekend in Vicksburg that started Saturday with the city’s first homicide of 2019 continued Sunday morning with a shooting on North Frontage Road.

At around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, officers were dispatched to the 1100 block of North Frontage Road for the report of shots fired. When officers arrived, they discovered multiple shell casings located on the ground but no victims.

Moments later, police received a call of two gunshot victims who had arrived at Merit Health River Region West Campus, 1111 North Frontage. The facility’s emergency room was not operational and someone at the facility called 911.

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At that facility, officers found 18-year-old Shemar Keyon Anderson with a gunshot wound to the chest and Jadariuce Ladelle Devoils, 19, who had been shot in the hip area.

Anderson was transported by ambulance to Merit Health River Region and then taken by air ambulance to University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was last listed in critical condition.

Devoils was transported to Merit Health River Region, where he was last listed in serious condition.

Authorities did confirm the two shooting victims were in the 1100 block of North Frontage Road at the time of the earlier shots fired call.

While police continue to investigate, they are asking the community’s help with information on this shooting. If anyone has information, they are asked to call CrimeStoppers at 601-355-8477.

About Tim Reeves

Tim Reeves, and his wife Stephanie, are the parents of three children, Sarah Cameron, Clayton and Fin, who all attend school in the Vicksburg Warren School District. The family are members of First Baptist Church Vicksburg. Tim is involved in a number of civic and volunteer organizations including the United Way of West Central Mississippi and serves on the City of Vicksburg's Riverfront Redevelopment Committee.

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