Guest Column: My Friend, Memphis
Memphis weeps for the beautiful lives and souls of those cut short by monsters. Yet all of this — all the horrors and the beauty — are a byproduct of the same place. A juxtaposition that is difficult to comprehend.
Topic: Ezekiel Kelly
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September 2022
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Social Club: The Rock gives Memphis a toast and locals line up for wings
Crumpy’s Hot Wings celebrates 31 years, The Rock gives a toast to Memphis and rapper GloRilla gets nominated for a BET Award.
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Preliminary hearing set for Ezekiel Kelly
Kelly’s attorney, Jennifer Case, also asked to subpoena juvenile records for the suspect in the shooting rampage last week that left six people shot, including three who died.
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Shooting suspect charged with first-degree murder, more charges to come
Ezekiel Kelly was arrested late Wednesday after allegedly killing three and injuring three others in a day-long shooting spree, some of which was streamed to Facebook Live.
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A tally of terror: 6 shot, 3 dead in gunman’s daylong, cross-city rampage
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Gag order placed on Ezekiel Kelly case
A gag order has been placed on the case of Ezekiel Kelly, accused of shooting six people and killing three during a rampage last week.
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Weirich pushes back on criticism of 2020 Kelly plea deal
Former Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich talked to The Daily Memphian about the 2020 plea deal for Ezekiel Kelly that Gov. Bill Lee called an example of “soft-on-crime plea deals.”
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Gov. Lee calls for changes in plea deals during Memphis visit
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Casualty of Wednesday’s shooting ‘wasn’t just a random victim. He was an uncle’
Richard Clark was a humble, quiet man, the youngest of seven, and, for him, family came first.
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Jackson Avenue vigil hosts prayer, praise to honor victims of shooting spree
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MPD says 17-year-old not victim of Wednesday night mass shooting
Corteria Wright, who died in a shooting Wednesday night, was not killed by Ezekiel Kelly, the 19-year-old accused of going on a city-wide shooting spree.
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Social Club: Locals ‘exhausted’ after back-to-back tragedies
Area organizations are offering “safe spaces” and free admission for residents to process their thoughts.
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Tucker Carlson blames ‘Bill Lee and guilty liberals like him’ for violent crime in Memphis
Carlson characterized Lee as soft on crime in a monologue against criminal justice reform, which, he claimed, “means letting violent people out of prison early.”
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City shaken by week of violence seeks comfort and answers
Leaders of the local Justice and Safety Alliance talked about the week of violence that has shaken the city on “Behind The Headlines.”
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Police find no threats to the public despite various reports
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Shooting suspect seems to have charges stemming from 2020
According to the Tennessee Department of Correction, one Ezekiel Kelly was released March 16, 2022.
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Herrington: Memphis is wondrous, troubled — and not that special
Right now, in Memphis, we’re suffering — directly for some, psychologically for all — from a spate of unusual crimes. The fear for some is that the unusual is now morphing into usual. But it’s felt that way before.
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Three victims in shooting spree identified
Three of the victims of alleged mass shooter Ezekiel Kelly, 19, have been identified.
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Jackson Avenue vigil hosts prayers, praise to honor victims of shooting spree
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Jackson Avenue vigil hosts prayers, praise to honor victims of shooting spree
The prayer event Thursday night was spearheaded by a local church to lift up the city and ask for help and healing because of the recent string of violence.
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