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NATCHEZ — Natchez Police Chief Cal Green said police investigations are ongoing for two separate shooting incidents that happened Sunday and Monday, the last of which was fatal.

While it’s unusual to have back-to-back shootings, Green said the two are apparently unrelated.

The first shooting that happened at approximately 12:30 a.m. Sunday on St. Catherine Street in the vicinity of Holy Family Catholic Church injured a woman who was sitting in a parked car with a man. Two people reportedly walked up to the vehicle and shot into it, leaving the woman injured in her leg and buttocks. The man was uninjured.

Green said Tuesday that the woman was still in a Jackson hospital for treatment and that police are going there to interview her when she is able.

Another shooting happened Monday sometime before 2 p.m. at 841 Martin Luther King Jr. St. James Mitchell, age 61, received one fatal shot to the head on his screened-in porch. Police have still been unable to determine where the shot came from, whether it was from outside the home or inside, she said.

“We are working on trying to find leads and checking for houses that may have had camera footage,” Green said.

On Monday after the shooting, Green said police were unaware of anyone who might want to harm Mitchell.

“He was a quiet, happy person and didn’t have an issue with anyone that we knew of,” she said.

No suspects have been named in either of these cases as investigations are ongoing.

These stories will be updated when more information becomes available.