Father laments sentence for off-duty officer responsible for fatal Walnut Grove crash
On June 25, 2021, on Walnut Grove Road and Timber Creek in Cordova, former Memphis Police Department officer Antonio Marshall, who was off duty, crashed into a car, killing Wallace Morris and Travis Parham Jr., son of Travis Parham Sr. (pictured). (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
“There should be a higher expectation than there would be for a civilian,” said Travis Parham Sr., father of one of the men killed when an off-duty officer hit their vehicle in June 2021 going 99 miles per hour.
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Travis Parham Blake BallinJulia Baker
A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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