Arrests made following shooting

A shooting New Year’s Day shortly before 3 p.m. Is under investigation by the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department and by officers with the Marshall County Violent Crime Task Force, according to sheriff Kenny Dickerson.

He said his office was called to assist the Holly Springs Police Department in a reported shooting in the 500 block of Hudsonville Road.

When county officers arrived to the scene LifeGuard Ambulance Service had transported the adult male victim to Methodist Olive Branch. The victim appeared to have a gunshot wound to the right leg, he said.

The shooting was possibly motivated by a verbal altercation between two adult males regarding the legal ownership of an automobile, Dickerson said.

Task Force officers secured the scene and collected physical evidence believed to be part of the crime scene, including many 9 mm spent shell casings in the yard and road area. One automobile at the scene had been struck by projectiles and a projectile had been fired into the dwelling at the address, Dickerson said.

A child was determined to be inside the house when the shooting occurred but was not struck, he said.

Jeni Deziray Battle, 20, of the 200 block of Park Avenue, Holly Springs, was taken into custody Jan. 1 at 10 p.m. And charged with tampering with physical evidence and accessory after the fact of attempted murder, the sheriff said. She was arraigned in Marshall County Justice Court Friday morning, Dec. 3. Bond was set at $10,000.

Tyrell Battle, 24, of the 200 block of Park Avenue, Holly Springs, is charged with attempted murder. Battle surrendered to authorities at the jail on Sun., Jan. 5 at 9 p.m. He was arraigned in Justice Court Monday and the judge ordered him held without bond, the sheriff said.

Tyrisha Lanay Battle, 47, of a Marianna Road address area was charged with accessory after the fact of attempted murder and arraigned and bonded out at $5,000, Dickerson said.

The shooting is believed to have taken place entirely out of doors, he said. A vehicle with a bullet hole was impounded at the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department.

After treatment at Methodist Olive Branch, the victim was discharged from the hospital, the sheriff said.

Shooting on West Woodward Avenue

Members of the Marshall County Violent Crime Task Force investigated a shooting Saturday, Jan. 4 at 11:18 p.m. In the West Woodward Avenue area of Holly Springs, according to Sheriff Kenny Dickerson.

A son was charged with attempted murder in the shooting of his father, the sheriff said.

Davonta Leasure, 22, of the 200 block of West Woodward Avenue surrendered to authorities at the Marshall County Jail following the incident, Dickerson said.

Leasure made an initial appearance before justice court judge Mae Garrison Sunday afternoon, Jan. 5, and bond was set at $20,000, Dickerson said.

The father sustained a nonlife-threatening injury with a bullet to the leg. He was transported by ambulance to the Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn., Dickerson said.