String of shootings in Yazoo City prompts new neighborhood watch push

String of shootings in Yazoo City prompts new neighborhood watch push

YAZOO CITY, Miss. — A bullet struck near a child’s bed during a shooting early Thursday morning, one night after residents and authorities met to discuss preventing crime. Police and deputies responded just before 1 a.m. when a shootout erupted on Barnwell Street, injuring one man. A child was asleep in a neighboring house when a bullet hit near the bed. “One of the bullets hit up towards her bed board when she was asleep at that time,” Sgt. Det…