Judge gives no bond to men accused in a shooting that killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child
By Ross Adams
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JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — A judge gave the two men suspected in a shooting that killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child no bond during a hearing Friday.
J’Shontiez and J’Marquiez McClendon are accused of shooting and killing 21-year-old Ayaira Anderson.
Police found Ayairia Anderson on June 12. Anderson, who was eight months pregnant, was inside a car on Industrial Park Drive near Interstate 220. Family members said she was headed home after leaving the restaurant and club Soops, were police say there was an altercation earlier.
She was taken to a hospital, where doctors performed an emergency C-section, but the baby did not survive. Anderson died the next day, according to police.
Lawyers representing the McClendons’ argued that the brothers left the club in separate vehicles, calling Jackson Police Department’s investigation sloppy.
The McClendon’s attornies also said cellphone towers show they were no were near the club at the time of the shooting.
According to Jackson Police Department, Jshontiez McClendon, 21, and Jmarquiez McClendon, 22, are charged with Murder, Drive-by-Shooting, and Shooting into an Occupied Vehicle.
In a statement released Thursday, the McClendons’ attorney said he’s confident his clients had no involvement in this unfortunate and tragic incident and will be exonerated.
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