Location

January 15, 2024

I-165 and New Bay Bridge Rd
Mobile (Prichard), Alabama

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Wounded/Injured
• Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
• Child Involved Incident
• Child injured (not child shooter)
• Defensive Use
• Defensive Use - Stand Your Ground/Castle Doctrine established
• Defensive Use - Shots fired, no injury/death
• Drive-by (car to street, car to car)
• Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)
• Assault weapon (AR-15, AK-47, and ALL variants defined by law enforcement)

Notes

Rolling shootout, Jones intended target - family members shot. Jones returned fire. Deceased identified as above and as Alt name: Sinah Smith, 15,; retracted alt name Jaylin Lindsey; mother named her as Saniyah Smoots in latest article;

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

• Type: Unknown

• Type: 7.62 [AK-47]

Sources

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• URL: https://www.al.com/news/2024/01/15-year-old-girl-killed-9-year-old-injured-in-prichard-interstate-shooting.html

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• URL: https://www.fox10tv.com/2024/01/17/18-year-old-arrested-connection-fatal-shooting-i-165/

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• URL: https://www.wkrg.com/mobile-county/deadly-i-165-shooting-had-gang-ties-mcso/

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• URL: https://www.wkrg.com/mobile-county/community-activist-reacts-the-deadly-i-165-shooting/

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• URL: https://www.al.com/news/2024/01/target-of-alabama-interstate-shootout-that-killed-teen-arrested-thought-whole-thing-was-a-joke-sheriff-says.html

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• URL: https://www.fox10tv.com/2024/02/01/mcso-arrest-suspect-i-165-shooting/

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• URL: https://mynbc15.com/news/local/road-rage-revealed-as-new-motive-in-1-165-shootout-that-killed-15-year-old-girl#

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• URL: https://mynbc15.com/news/local/mother-witnessed-daughters-death-in-rolling-shootout-on-i-165#

District

Congressional District: 1
State Senate District: 33
State House District: 97