Suspect arrested in shooting on Melrose Street
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Just days after gunshots rang out on Vine Street, Jonesboro police found themselves investigating yet another shooting, this time near a recently installed SkyCop.
Just before 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, officers responded to the 400-block of Melrose Street regarding shots fired in the street.
When police arrived, according to the initial incident report, they found 13 shell casings and broken glass from a vehicle’s back window at the intersection of Melrose and Cedar Heights. They also found a flat-billed ball cap with “Blessed” on it.
An hour and a half later, police located the victim’s vehicle between Burke and Huntington with a bullet hole in the rear passenger side door.
Christopher Lamar Ball, 31, said he had been shot at.
The initial incident report listed five unidentified people, including three males and two females, as possible suspects.
During their investigation, officers learned Ball was on parole and went to his home to conduct a search.
Following the parole search, they transported him to the Craighead County Detention Center and booked him on a parole hold.
After speaking with witnesses and confidential informants, it was learned that NyKivus Taylor, along with another man, were the ones shooting at the vehicle, a probable cause affidavit stated.
It was said the shooting stemmed from a fight earlier in the day.
Taylor, who is a juvenile, is being charged with terroristic act, aggravated assault, and criminal mischief as an adult.
A judge set his bond at $35,000 cash only.
Anyone with information on either of these shootings should call Jonesboro police at 870-935-5657 or Crimestoppers at 935-STOP (7867).
Sunday’s shooting occurred at the same intersection where last October police installed a SkyCop camera.
At the time of their installation, Mayor Harold Perrin described the area as one of two “hot spots that have seen the most gun activity.”
No word on if the SkyCop caught Sunday’s incident on camera.
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