A man is behind bars for a shooting that sent a 12-year-old girl to a Jackson hospital, and more arrests are expected to follow.
On Monday, GPD officers arrested 21-year-old Kelvin Lewis in the 500 block of South Broadway Street.
Lewis was arrested in connection to the early Sunday morning shooting on Eighth Street.
Greenville Police Chief Delando Wilson said at about 1:40 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to the 400 block of North Eighth Street in reference to shots fired in the area.
Once officers were in the area, Wilson said they were notified of a shot person in a house in the 400 block of North Eighth Street.
Inside the home, officers found the 12-year-old girl with a gunshot wound, who was transported to Delta Regional Medical Center before being transported to a Jackson hospital.
“(The child’s) last condition was listed as critical, but stable,” Wilson said Monday.
Wilson said the child’s mother was also injured with a graze wound from a bullet. She was driven by personal vehicle to DRMC and released shortly after.
Witnesses inside the home told detectives someone fired several shots into the house from outside of the home, which struck the two victims.
Lewis has been charged with eight counts of Attempted Murder and Shooting Into an Occupied Dwelling. He does not have a bond at this time and Wilson said more arrests are expected to follow.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact GPD at 662-378-1515. To leave an anonymous tip for a cash reward, call CrimeStoppers at 662-378-8477.
