Jackson Police are investigating after officers were dispatched early Sunday to a breaking and entering in progress, and officers were told that someone had been shot, according to a news release from Jackson Police.
The person who was shot was a 23-year-old Jackson man, and he was later pronounced dead at a hospital, according to the news release.
Officers got the call shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday to a breaking and entering in progress at a home along the 100 block of South Higby Street, according to police.
Before police arrived, an update came that there was a shooting victim inside the home, police said.
Officers arrived and found the 23-year-old man had been shot in the head, and he was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police said in the news release that this information is preliminary and part of an ongoing investigation, and officers' understanding of what happened could change.
