Jones says the deputy’s father, Martin Shields, Sr., is a retired Jackson firefighter who is currently a reserve deputy with the department. “He comes from public service blood,” Jones said. “He was a ...

We’ve got an officer that is 25 years old, another one that is 30, with such a future ahead of them, senselessly taken." ...

I am the grandson of a World War II veteran survived by a politically divided family and the husband of a gay, active duty ...