‘I don’t play no games’: Holly Springs Woman Turns in Her Two Teenaged Sons Charged with Shooting at Police Officer
Incident Details
Early morning Tuesday, in Holly Springs, a police officer attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle driving erratically with no headlights. Following a brief pursuit, the mother of two teenagers did what any law-abiding citizen would do — she turned her sons in after they allegedly fired shots at a police officer.
“It was dangerous for the officers and any other pedestrian and anyone that was on that interstate at that time. That was a very dangerous situation,” said Holly Springs Police Chief Darryl Bowens.
Search for Culprits
Immediately, a wide-scale alert was put out across all neighboring law enforcement units to be on the lookout for the suspects who were last seen driving on Interstate 22 towards Memphis. A deputy sheriff spotted the vehicle, but was forced into a pursuit when the suspects fled into nearby woods.
Ring door camera footage of the suspects was swiftly retrieved and released to the wider public.
A Mother’s Action
Declaring emphatically, “I don’t play no games with them. If you want to do the crime, you gotta do the time— Plain and simple”, an unyielding mother turned her 17 and 18 year-old sons into the police, only 24 hours after the incident.
Despite their claims of innocence, the mother firmly believes in the principle of legal justice, hoping that her decision to turn them in would help clear their names if they are truly innocent. She stated, “My child does not get in trouble. He doesn’t bother anybody. All they do is play games. This is very new. This is very shocking.”
Both of her sons have been charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, while their identities have been withheld due to their minor status. A third person in interest has also been identified in this case; he has been questioned but not yet charged.
This case is an example of a brave decision made by a citizen to uphold the law, even if it means penalizing her own kin. The investigation is still ongoing and it will be up to the legal system to decide the futures of these teenagers.
