Suspect in custody for shooting death on Parham Bridges Park tennis court in north Jackson

Pam Dankins, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
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Jackson police arrested a suspect Wednesday afternoon in connection to a shooting death of a man whose body was found Wednesday morning in a tennis court at Parham Bridges Park in the 5000 block of Old Canton Road in north Jackson.

Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade confirmed the unnamed suspect was wanted for the Wednesday morning shooting death of Melvin McNair Jr.

Wade said the suspect was spotted in the victim’s vehicle, a maroon 2016 GMC Sierra pickup truck.

Wade said the suspect crashed the vehicle into a pole near a Jackson Fire Department precinct on Ridgewood Road, which is less than 10 minutes away from where the shooting occurred.

A second vehicle received damage in the chase. The condition of the person in the second vehicle is unknown at this time.

The shooting incident happened Wednesday morning at the Parham Bridges Park in the 5000 block of Old Canton Road.

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Public Information Officer Tommie Brown confirmed to the Clarion Ledger that McNair’s body had "multiple gunshot wounds."

Police have not released details on a motive behind the shooting.

Wade is expected to provide more details at a Wednesday afternoon press conference.

Police said the victim's vehicle is a maroon 2016 GMC Sierra pick-up truck.
Police said the victim's vehicle is a maroon 2016 GMC Sierra pick-up truck.

This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Jackson MS homicide at Parham Bridges Park; suspect captured after police chase