Mother turns in 2 sons accused of shooting at police: ‘I don’t play no games’

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) - A Mississippi mother turned her two sons in to police after they were accused of shooting at an officer following an attempted traffic stop.

Holly Springs Police alerted the public Tuesday to be on the look out for two suspects accused of shooting at a police officer. Images of the two caught on a Ring doorbell camera were released, and a mother says she recognized them immediately as her sons, ages 17 and 18, WMC reports.

“I was like, ‘Are you serious? Oh, hell no.’ I got up, and I asked questions,” said the mother, who did not want her identity disclosed.

She says in her household, she doesn’t stand for this kind of alleged behavior, and she turned both of her sons in to the police Wednesday morning.

“I don’t play no games with them. If you gonna do the crime, you gonna do the time – plain and simple,” she said.

Police say this all stems from an attempted traffic stop around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. A Holly Springs officer says he attempted to pull over a red Kia Forte driving erratically with no headlights on Interstate 22.

After a brief pursuit, at least two shots were fired from the suspects’ car, police say.

“It was dangerous for the officers and any other pedestrians and anyone that was on that interstate at the time. That was a very dangerous situation,” Holly Springs Police Chief Darryl Bowens said.

Police put out an alert to other law enforcement agencies, and a Marshall County deputy who spotted the car reported the suspects ran into the woods. They were seen on the doorbell camera a short time later.

The suspects’ mother said turning in her sons was “very emotional.” She said they told her they are innocent, and she said she’s hopeful that by turning them in, it will clear their names.

“My child does not get in trouble. He don’t bother nobody. They don’t do nothing. All they do is stay home and play games. So, this is very new. This is very shocking,” the mother said.

The suspects have both been charged with aggravated assault on a police officer. Their names have not been officially released.

An additional person of interest in the case has been questioned but not charged.