Mother of victim of Jackson mass shooting speaks
16 WAPT News Jackson
[{'start': '0.766', 'end': '4.704', 'text': "CHALLENGING HIS SENTENCE FOR  DECADES.  >> WELL, TONIGHT THE  INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.  MORE THAN A MONTH AFTER THE MASS  SHOOTING THAT KILLED ONE PERSON  AND INJURED SEVEN OTHERS ON A  BUSY NIGHT IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON.  16 WAPT'S BETH AL MILES SPOKE TO  ONE WOMAN WHO SAYS THAT SHOOTING  HAS TURNED HER FAMILY'S LIFE  UPSIDE DOWN.  >> OH, AND THEY DID THIS TO MY  BABY, MAN.  LORD JESUS.  HE AIN'T HURT.  BAD, MAN.  IT'S THE ONLY STATEMENT LIKE  THIS FOR YOUR KIDS.  >> THIS IS LAQUINTA BARNES.  WE FIRST MET JUST DAYS AFTER THE  MASS SHOOTING IN DOWNTOWN  JACKSON.  THE MEMORIES OF THAT DAY STILL  FRESH.  THE EMOTION STILL RAW.  SHE TOLD ME HOW THINGS UNFOLDED  FOR HER JUST BEFORE SHOTS RANG  OUT.  >> IT WAS FOUR OF THEM WALKING  WITH US.  THEY HAD ONE OF THEM ON THIS  SIDE, ONE DOWN HERE, AND A FEW  OF THEM BEHIND US.  SO THEY REALLY HAD PLANS TO KILL  US.  THEY PLANNED IT OUT.  >> BARNES SAID THERE WERE SO  MANY PEOPLE OUT THAT EVENING AND  THINGS HAPPENED QUICKLY.  >> THESE GUYS, SOME, THEY JOINED  WALKING WITH US SOME TYPE OF  WAY.  IT'S A BIG OLD CROWD.  YOU DON'T KNOW WHO?  KNOW WHO.  WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.  I JUST REMEMBER MIKE PULLING OUT  HIS CAMERA AND HE STARTED  RECORDING AND I SAID, MIKE, PUT  YOUR PHONE UP.  PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR  SURROUNDINGS BECAUSE YOU NEVER  KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN.  >> SHE THEN TOLD ME THAT'S WHEN  THE WORST HAPPENED.  >> SO HE PUT THE PHONE DOWN.  THEY BOY STEPPED IN FRONT OF ME  AND SAID, WHAT'S GOING ON?  WHAT'S WRONG?  AFTER HE SAID THAT, I REMEMBER  SAYING, WE DON'T KNOW YOU.  YOU KNOW, MOVE AROUND.  AND THE BOY SAID, BEAT IT, BEAT  IT.  HE DROPPED BACK AND HE SAW HIS  SHOOTING.  >> FROM THERE.  TOTAL CHAOS.  >> I GOT A MISH SIDE OF THE  NECK.  HE'LL BE RIGHT UP ON THE FLOOR.  ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT,  THOUGH, HOUSTON CAPITAL PD.  AGAIN, SHE HAD ONE BLACK MALE  VICTIM IN HER CAR.  SHOT.  WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT  WALKED UP ON HER AND BUSTED A  WINDOW OUT.  SO I GOT HIM DETAINED.  AT THE MOMENT.  >> MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS WERE  REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN  AREA THAT NIGHT.  TWO DAYS LATER, WE LEARNED EIGHT  PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN THE AREA OF  PEARL AND LAMAR STREET,  INCLUDING BARNES'S SON.  >> HE WAS SHOT FOUR AND GRAZED  THREE.  YES.  >> 21 YEAR OLD CORTEZ GEORGE WAS  KILLED.  CAPITOL POLICE MADE TWO ARRESTS  IN THIS CASE.  BROTHERS MICHAEL AND MARQUEL  MCLEOD.  THESE ARE ALSO THE MIKE AND KAY  BARNES HAS BEEN REFERRING TO.  THE BROTHERS ARE ALSO HER  NEPHEWS.  >> DID YOU ALL DO THE SHOOTING  THE OTHER NIGHT?  I RAN.  YOU RAN?  YEAH.  >> WAS THIS RETALIATION OR SOME  SORT?  I DON'T KNOW THEM.  >> PEOPLE.  >> I DON'T KNOW THEM.  THE MCLEODS ARE BEING CHARGED  WITH MURDER AND AGGRAVATED  ASSAULT IN CONNECTION TO THE  SHOOTINGS.  DOWNTOWN JACKSON HAD NO SHORTAGE  OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.  THE DAY OF THE SAINT PATTY'S  PARADE.  >> IT MAY BE A SECTION WHERE YOU  DON'T SEE LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT  THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY'RE  NOT THERE.  >> SEVERAL AGENCIES WERE ON  DUTY.  I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE  JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO.  >> HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR MANY,  MANY YEARS.  WHEN WE HAVE BIG EVENTS, EVEN IN  THIS YEAR'S SAINT PATRICK'S DAY  PARADE, THE UNFORTUNATE VIOLENCE  THAT TOOK PLACE HAPPENED SEVERAL  HOURS AFTER THE PARADE HAD  CONCLUDED.  >> BECAUSE THIS MASS SHOOTING  HAPPENED HOURS AFTER THE PARADE,  THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT  ONGOING SECURITY DOWNTOWN,  INCLUDING CAMERAS.  MAYOR CHOKWE ANTAR SAYS CAMERAS  BY THEMSELVES WON'T STOP THE  CRIME.  >> WILL IT ENABLE US, YOU KNOW,  TO TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE  MISSING PIECES TO CASES, YOU  KNOW, IN INSTANCES WHERE WE  DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE DATA?  ABSOLUTELY.  BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT  INVESTMENT.  AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE TO  MAKE COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS.  >> ONE ORGANIZATION THAT'S  MAKING THOSE COMMUNITY  INVESTMENTS IS RESET.  JACKSON JAMES HOPKINS, THE CEO,  SAYS THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT  COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO REDUCE  THE CROWD AND VIOLENCE.  >> THE PARADE WAS OVER.  THE STREETS SHOULD HAVE BEEN  REOPENED, YOU KNOW, CLEANED IT  UP, REOPENED THE STREETS.  AND IF PEOPLE WANT A PARTY, LET  THEM GO TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL  LOCATIONS.  >> IT HAS NOW BEEN MORE THAN A  MONTH SINCE THESE SHOOTINGS AT  BARNES HOUSE.  THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON RECOVERY.  HER SON, WITH FEW WORDS, IS  WALKING AGAIN.  >> I'M JUST TRYING TO HEAL.  MAKE SURE MY PEOPLE STRAIGHT.  >> A VICTIM'S MOTHER.  >> SO JUST IMAGINE HOW I FEEL  UNTIL THESE Y'ALL SAYING WHERE  THESE SAME EXACT SHOES.  >> PLEADING WITH OTHERS TO SAY  WHAT YOU SAW.  >> LEAF RIVER TRIED TO KILL MY  BABY AND MY MY SON.  BUT NOT NOBODY WON'T LEAVE ME,  THOUGH.  >> IN"}]