Overview
- Police responding to a 911 call found two sisters and a 2-year-old shot to death inside a North Jackson home, with officers saying the victims suffered multiple gunshot wounds on Saturday night.
- Investigators identified the victims as Keyana Weathersby, 25, her son Camari Givens, 2, and Erica Weathersby, 30, and the Hinds County coroner called the scene exceptionally violent.
- A red 2020 Mitsubishi Mirage with Mississippi plate HSI 205 was taken from the scene, recovered abandoned at Manhattan Park, and is being processed for evidence by detectives.
- Authorities arrested 28-year-olds Cornelius Carter and Jordan Carter after officers attempted a traffic stop on the vehicle; both face capital murder charges and the probe into motive and other suspects is ongoing.
- City leaders have pledged additional public-safety resources as officials say the killings add to this year’s rising homicide toll in Jackson and have left family members and neighbors grieving.