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In the week ahead, Ezekiel Kelly and Cleotha Henderson have scheduled court dates, Southaven considers a tax hike and The Daily Memphian turns 5.
Topic: Ezekiel Kelly
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September 2023
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A year after week that roiled city in pain, scars remain unhealed
What happened in early September 2022 still feels startlingly raw and for many, it has become the new measure of the sense of peril.
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One year later: Where the cases against Cleotha Henderson and Ezekiel Kelly stand
Eliza Fletcher was kidnapped and murdered on Sept. 2, 2022. Three days later, a shooting spree paralyzed the city. One man was arrested in each case. Here’s where those cases stand.
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August 2023
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Public defender’s office recuses itself from Cleotha Henderson, Ezekiel Kelly cases
The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office has filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty on both individuals.
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April 2023
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Billions of impressions from Tyre Nichols’ death shapes outsiders perception of Memphis
Efforts to brand the city paying off despite crimes, data shows.
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March 2023
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Prosecutors to seek death penalty against Ezekiel Kelly
Kelly, 20, is accused of carrying out a shooting spree on Sept. 7, 2022, that left three people dead and three others injured.
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‘To save lives, you’ve got to try to intervene.’
Youth Villages’ Memphis Allies outreach program officials “lost sleep” over Ezekiel Kelly, who was indicted for charges connected to the September 2022 shooting spree. Now, they hope to rescue others like him while they still can.
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December 2022
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Mission Impossible? DA says criminal justice reform and crime reduction can mix
Memphis has a massive crime problem. Steve Mulroy has lofty ideas about criminal justice reform, but priority is to reduce crime and make the city safer.
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November 2022
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Ezekiel Kelly indicted on charges related to Southaven carjacking
Ezekiel Kelly has been indicted on charges related to a carjacking in Southaven, Mississippi, at the end of a Sept. 7 shooting spree that occurred mostly in Memphis.
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October 2022
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Witnesses describe accounts of Kelly before alleged Sept. 7 shooting spree
Three witnesses testified about what they saw the September morning Dewayne Tunstall was killed.
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Ezekiel Kelly pleads not guilty to 26 charges related to shooting rampage
Kelly is being held in the Shelby County Jail at 201 Poplar Ave. without bond.
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September 2022
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Several additional victims identified in shooting rampage
In an indictment obtained by The Daily Memphian, Ezekiel Kelly is charged with 26 counts in addition to the first-degree murder charged in the death of Dewayne Tunstall.
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A tally of terror: 6 shot, 3 dead in gunman’s daylong, cross-city rampage
The person believed to be responsible for all of these shootings is Ezekiel Kelly, a man who was released early from a three-year sentence fewer than six months ago.
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Ezekiel Kelly indicted on 26 additional charges
The additional counts include five counts of reckless endangerment, four counts of criminal attempt first-degree murder and commission of an act of terrorism.
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‘What could a person have done to make you do this?’
Juvenile records, a longtime girlfriend and a casual acquaintance seem to suggest Kelly was a person who got into trouble as early as middle school, who was exposed to drugs, violence and gangs and who was perhaps dealing with the recent violent losses of both his best friend and his half-brother.
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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.
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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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