Neighbors heard gunshots, but weren't alarmed until they spotted Tornes washing blood off of himself in the home's carport.
[1] After departing the fire station, Tornes led police officers on a high-speed chase to the parking lot of a nearby shopping center in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
[3] Kenneth Tornes was a Jackson native, who neighbors and childhood friends had generally referred to as competent at his job.
Those who knew him noted his propensity for violent mood swings, and an irascibility that had reached fever pitch in the days before the shooting.
Weeks before, a white supremacist shooter had shot multiple people at a Jackson mall, killing one.