Police Investigate Shooting
Around 1: 35 p.m. today, a 26-year-old Jackson man was driven to the Jackson- Madison County General Hospital by a family member with a gunshot wound. The investigation thus far has shown that the man was a passenger in a car and was riding in Lincoln Courts. As they rode past a group of people who were standing outside, a shot was fired and the victim suffered a single gunshot wound to the right shoulder. He was then driven to the hospital. At this writing, he is in very critical condition. Ladairus Maxwell is a "person of interest" in today's shooting.
Maxwell is believed to have shot at the same man earlier this month. On March 3 shortly before 3 p.m., the 26-year-old man was approached by Maxwell in Lincoln Courts, as the man was getting out of a car. Maxwell then shot a gun at him multiple times but the man was not struck. Maxwell is wanted by Jackson police for Aggravated Assault in that incident.
Ladairus Maxwell is 18 years-old, 5 ' 11" in height and weighs about 140 pounds. His last known address is in the 200 block of Division Avenue in Jackson. Anyone with information on today's shooting or Maxwell's whereabouts is asked to contact the Violent Crimes Unit at the Jackson Police Department at 731-425-8400 or Crime Stoppers at 731-424-8477 (TIPS).
