Justin HooksMOSS POINT — Moss Point police are searching for a 19-year-old man they say is wanted in connection with a shooting that injured one person late Wednesday night.
Officers responded shortly before midnight Sept. 16 to a report of gunshots at Taylor Heights Apartments on Old Mobile Avenue.
Police said officers found several shell casings and vehicles that had been struck by gunfire. Investigators later learned that a person had also been struck. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The suspect fled the scene, and the vehicle he was driving was later found abandoned on Mill Street in Moss Point, police said.
Investigators identified the suspect as Justin Hooks, 19. Police said Hooks is 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs about 170 pounds and should be considered armed and dangerous.
Police are asking anyone who sees Hooks not to approach him and instead call 911.
Anyone with information about the shooting or Hooks’ whereabouts is asked to contact the Moss Point Police Department at 228-762-2211.
The department’s Criminal Investigations Division is continuing to investigate.
