Two people were taken into custody Thursday following an aggravated assault in Hattiesburg, the Hattiesburg Police Department said in a Facebook post.
At approximately 2:06 p.m., officers apprehended Jazzton Roberts, 22, and Jeremiah Silas, 21, both of Hattiesburg, in the 6000 block of Highway 98 after the pair attempted to flee the scene in a pickup truck, police said.
Two victims were evaluated at the scene and one was transported to a local hospital as a precaution, the department said. Investigators determined the weapon used in the assault was a BB gun, not a handgun, and that the incident was not random; the people involved were known to one another, police said.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Hattiesburg Police Department at 601-544-7900 or Metro Crime Stoppers by dialing TIPS. This is a developing story and will be updated as more details emerge.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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