From the story:
A person is wanted after firing multiple shots at the Masonic Temple in Jackson. According to police, the incident happened on May 12 at approximately 9:00 p.m.More from WAPT-TV16:
Upon arrival, officers found the front glass window of the building had been shot out.
Surveillance video was recovered by JPD detectives and was found to have captured the shooting.
In the surveillance footage, a light-colored full-sized SUV, possibly a GMC Tahoe, drove by the building as the occupant(s) fired multiple shots into it.
Detectives recovered several shell casings at the scene from a small caliber semiautomatic handgun.
The Masonic Temple was designated a landmark in April 2006 by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. The location was also the site of the funeral of Medgar Evers in 1963 and served as a meeting please for various civil rights groups including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS, or contact the Jackson Police Department at 601-960-1234
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