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NATCHEZ — Je’Mario Clay, 23, of Natchez said he is not happy about his name being in the newspaper.

“I am the victim. I did not give anyone permission to put my name in the newspaper,” Clay said Wednesday afternoon. “And I did not talk to no police officers. I did not tell anyone the name of the person who shot me because I don’t know who shot me.”

Clay, who was shot three times on Nov. 17 — including once in the forehead — while he was driving on Daisy Street, was reacting to a story about the arrest of Tyrell LeShawn White, whom police have charged with attempted murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle for the Daisy Street shooting.

White was arrested early Wednesday morning and multiple weapons, ammunition and tactical gear were seized when Adams County Special Operations Group deputies and a Natchez Police Department investigator executed a search warrant on a home in the Maryland/Cambridge Heights area of Natchez.

The weapons seized are being sent to the Mississippi State Crime Lab for testing.

The search warrant and subsequent arrest were part of Operation Safe Neighborhoods, a joint effort between the Natchez Police Department and the Adams County Sheriff’s Office in response to recent shootings.

“I don’t remember what happened when I got shot. I was driving and I just got shot,” Clay said. “I don’t know if it came from another car or where it came from. It’s Natchez. It’s just Natchez. I’m lucky to be alive because it’s Natchez. But I did not give any police the name of the person who shot me. I did not talk to the police.”

Sixth Circuit District Attorney Tim Cotton said the investigation into the Daisy Street shooting is still ongoing.

“I have heard some of that and saw on social media that he (Clay) wrote he did not talk to the police about the shooting. Law enforcement investigates crimes. My office prosecutes criminals. Law enforcement has numerous ways to investigate crimes besides a victim providing suspects’ names,” Cotton said. “I am satisfied that law enforcement has and will continue to investigate everything pending in this case.”