<p>An alleged arsonist has been arrested after reportedly setting seven fires on Election Day, including at two churches, in Jackson, Mississippi.</p>
<p>Devin McLaurin, 23, was arrested Tuesday evening in connection with the fires, according to the Jackson Police Department, along with the help of Hinds County Sheriff&#8217;s Department deputies.</p>
<p>“I’ve been here for 30 years. This is a major occurrence,” Patrick Armon, assistant fire chief for the Jackson Fire Department, <a href="https://www.wapt.com/article/breaking-news-arsonist-sets-multiple-fires-across-jackson-jfd-confirms/41896284" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">told WAPT-TV</a>. “This is not something we normally go to. We have about a third of our department on sites.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">CAUGHT: Hinds County Deputies were able to detain arson suspect, Delvin McLaurin. He is transferred to The Jackson Police Department.</p>
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<p>Calls were received beginning around 2:45 a.m. Central Time on Tuesday morning concerning the fires. All flames were extinguished by 6 a.m. with the exception of Epiphany Lutheran Church, a historic location that burned for nearly four hours. No injuries were reported.</p>
<p>Ervin Ricks, communications director for Greater Bethlehem, the other church damaged by fire, said it appeared someone entered the church building and set the fire from the inside.</p>
<p>&#8220;Actually broke into the church and got in and started the fire that way,&#8221; Ricks told WAPT-TV.</p>
<p>One of the fires occurred at the Jackson State University baseball field. It is being investigated by the state&#8217;s Fire Marshalls since it is state-owned property, <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/08/arsonist-sets-seven-fires-destroys-church-in-jackson-mississippi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the New York Post.</p>
<p>The other four locations included a house on Pascagoula Street, a gas station on Terry Road, a structure at Central Street and Dalton, and a structure at Terry and Cherry Streets, the report added.</p>
<p class="Component-root-0-2-316 p Component-p-0-2-306">Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba (D) addressed the fires during a Tuesday city council meeting.</p>
<p class="Component-root-0-2-316 p Component-p-0-2-306">“We don’t yet know who or why, but I want to thank the firefighters because they were able to respond to that and still get back to the stations, so that people could set up for voting precincts,” Lumumba <a href="https://apnews.com/article/education-mississippi-jackson-arson-6d2ad5abcaea272d4aaa3162a07fc579" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>, according to the Associated Press. The mayor&#8217;s comments came before McLaurin&#8217;s arrest.</p>
<p>&#8220;The citizens are outraged that there is a suspected arsonist in our midst,&#8221; Ward 5 Councilman Vernon Hartley, who represents the areas near where the fires occurred, <a href="https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2022/11/08/overnight-fires-cause-damages-on-voting-day/69629347007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Mississippi Clarion Ledger.</p>
<p>&#8220;We encourage all communities in the greater Jackson area to acknowledge that an action like this is not an action against one community. It affects us all,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>No polling locations were reportedly impacted due to the fires.</p>
<p>The fires were reported as tensions run high with American voters headed to the ballot box during the midterm elections. Republicans are expected to win a majority in the House, while the 50-50 Senate may also tip toward the GOP.</p>
<p>In Mississippi, four congressional seats are at stake. More than 1.9 million active voters were listed in the state, <a href="https://www.wlbt.com/2022/11/01/november-2022-election-key-races-polling-places-voting-rules-more/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> NBC News. No senators are up for re-election in Mississippi and the state&#8217;s governor&#8217;s race is not until 2023.</p>

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