Walker said the two cars then left the highway and returned to downtown Jackson. On a residential street, gunfire again burst from the Rogue, and both officers fired at the car, Walker said. Then, Walker testified, he saw “numerous objects coming out the passenger side window.” Walker said he did not know what the objects were.
Investigators later searched for the items and found a homeowner who told them she saw an armed group of men walk off with them, Walker said.
Jordan, the Rogue’s driver and Harris’ friend, has provided a different account of how the chase started, the route it took and where shots were fired. Jordan, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, recounted his experience in a letter and in phone calls from a Hinds County jail, where he has been locked up for more than a year while awaiting trial.
Jordan said that he didn’t have a gun and that he didn’t throw anything from the car.
He said he thought about driving to a police station after Harris was shot but was afraid of getting shot there. He said he didn’t drive to a hospital out of fear that dips and potholes in the road would worsen his friend’s injuries. “I got scared and tried to drive home,” Jordan said.
In a June interview, Tindell, the public safety commissioner, said he wasn’t surprised that Jordan would claim he was unarmed.
“I don’t think he can deny that he was certainly fleeing law enforcement and took them on a chase,” Tindell said. “I think his actions speak for themselves, and we’ll see what the evidence reveals.”
Police and Jordan also have sharply different accounts of how the chase ended.
Walker testified that the officers followed the Rogue to the intersection of Lamar and Adelle streets, where the car hit the curb and stopped. Jordan fled from the car, and the officers chased him. Jordan then turned…
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