Arrests made in connection to shooting death of 12-year-old boy

Two teenagers were charged in connection to the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy, according to a news release from the Jackson Police Department.

Adrian McDougles, 12, was fatally shot and his brother Onterrio McDougles, 16, was wounded as they walked in a Jackson neighborhood near their home Thursday afternoon. Jackson Police Deputy Chief Deric Hearn said the brothers were walking in the 1900 block of Ventura Avenue when they were shot at from a black Toyota Avalon as it drove pass them.

On Friday, JPD, the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department and federal officials took into custody Otha Brown, 18, and Taekuan Cohen, 18. A black Toyota Avalon and handguns were in their possession, according to authorities.

Otha Brown is charged with murder, aggravated assault, drive-by-shooting, a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a stolen vehicle.