JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A 22-year-old man was found guilty of killing a woman and her unborn child in Jackson.
Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens said Joseph Brown, 22, was found guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated assault and drive-by shooting.
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On December 15, 2021, Jackson police responded to a shooting on Beasley Road that killed Keyunta McWilliams, 23, and her unborn child. McWilliams, who was eight months pregnant, had been shot multiple times.
Investigators determined that McWilliams and her boyfriend, Knowledge Wigley, stopped at the 21 Flavors gas station shortly before the shooting. They said while inside the store, Wigley had an argument with Brown over the price of marijuana.
After the victims left the gas station, police said Brown followed their vehicle. Investigators said surveillance video later showed Brown and several co-defendants driving near Beasley Road and Brownlee Drive, where multiple rounds were fired into the victims’ vehicle. The vehicle was occupied by McWilliams, Wigley and Wigley’s two-year-old child…