FIVE ARRESTED FOR RANDOM SHOOTINGS 11-10-2010

NEW DETAILS EMERGED WEDNESDAY ON THE RANDOM SHOOTING THAT SENT TWO GREENWOOD CITIZENS TO THE HOSPITAL. SHERIFF RICKY BANKS REPORTED THAT AS OF WEDNESDAY EVENING FIVE MEN HAVE BEEN LOCKED UP IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE. THE TWO GREENWOOD RESIDENTS ARE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER AFTER SUFFERING GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THE VICTIMS ARE THREE-YEAR-OLD NAMED RAPHAEL WHO WAS SHOT IN THE SHOULDER, AND 15-YEAR-OLD KYANA RAMSEY WHO TOOK A BULLET IN THE BACK. THE SHOOTING INCIDENT OCCURRED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT NEAR THE BISHOP APARTMENTS IN GREENWOOD. THE CAR THE VICTIMS WERE RIDING IN HAD BEEN FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE CARRYING THREE UNKNOWN MEN. THE INVESTIGATION AS TO A MOTIVE IN THE SHOOTING CONTINUES. THE FIVE MEN HAVE NOT BEEN FORMALLY CHARGED AT THIS TIME. MEANWHILE, BANKS SAYS THE THREE-YEAR OLD IS IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION AT THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IN JACKSON, BUT THE 15-YEAR-OLD REMAINS IN SERIOUS CONDITION. THE SHOOTING MAY BE A PART OF ANOTHER INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED EARLIER AND A POSSIBLE CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.