Man accused of citywide shooting spree will go to trial next summer
Ezekiel Kelly, 22, is set to face a jury July 14, 2025 in Shelby County Criminal Court Division 3 Judge James Jones’ courtroom. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Ezekiel Kelly faces dozens of charges for allegedly killing three people and injuring three others on Sept. 7, 2022 while Memphis was on lockdown.
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Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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