Man accused of city-wide shooting spree in 2022 gets new trial date
Ezekiel Kelly’s trial is now set for Feb. 9, 2026.
Ezekiel Kelly’s trial is now set for Feb. 9, 2026.
Parker’s next court appearance is set for 9 a.m. on July 29 at Shelby County General Sessions Criminal Court Division 10.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office found more than 40 rifle and pistol shell casings but is still trying to find out what led to the mass shooting.
Even though the Memphis Police Department’s numbers point to a decrease in crime, some in the city are skeptical.
Corey Adams was a freshman who signed with Ole Miss after helping lead his high school football team to a Louisiana state championship last season.
In the early 2000s, DeAndre Brown was convicted of bank fraud, and cannot own a gun. Now, he’s suing in federal court, claiming a violation of Second Amendment rights.
The Young Mob gang allegedly “receives money and income from drug trafficking, kidnappings and robberies,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
A court ruling determined these coin-operated mechanisms seen in some local convenience stores are, in fact, slot machines.
The requested trial date would be more than three and a half years after five now-former Memphis Police officers beat Tyré Nichols, who later died from his injuries.
The trend lines are clear on almost all fronts. After reaching high points in 2023, crime in Memphis is trending down at a higher rate through the first half of 2025 than it did through the first half of 2024.
Victor Peeler, 23, is sought on 12 charges of attempted first-degree murder as well as one charge of reckless endangerment in the shooting that occurred early July 4.
Suspects allegedly opened fire on cops in Downtown Memphis early Friday morning, Memphis Police Department officials said.
The federal judge who formerly presided over the criminal case of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyré Nichols has recused himself in more cases involving attorneys on the Nichols case.
Jarmond Johnson, 25, an employee at the local rock-climbing facility, was the other man killed.
When officers came to arrest Dedrick Patterson at his home, they only found his father, who told officers his son had just left with his mother.
“While the data tells one part of the story, what matters is that people in our neighborhoods are starting to feel the difference in their homes,” Memphis Police Department Chief C.J. Davis said.
Farris Haley, 28, has been charged in a South Memphis double shooting Sunday, June 29, that killed a Memphis Rox employee.
One of the victims was an employee of the facility. Police have one person in custody.
Four people have applied to be appointed to the remainder of Judge Paula Skahan’s term, which ends in 2030.
Video shows the man, who was in a wheelchair, being checked with a metal detector wand by a security officer before being waved through the checkpoint.
Officers responded to the shooting in the 200 block of Union Avenue at 11:34 p.m.
Judge Mark Norris’ removal of himself follows his recusal in the federal criminal case of the five former Memphis Police Department officers who were charged in relation to Tyré Nichols’ 2023 death.
On Wednesday, June 25, the city’s private attorneys filed a motion requesting that the city, which is not a party to the case, be granted access to 16 sealed documents in the case.
The federal judge formerly presiding over the Tyré Nichols case could be deposed over his recusal from the case earlier this month.
At 5:48 a.m., officers responded to an armed party call at a Shell gas station at South Goodlett Street and Winchester Road.
Harris also told commissioners June 18 he is open to supporting a property tax increase to fund the lab.
Families of people slain by Memphis police came together Saturday. They included those whose deaths were deemed unjust as well as others whose deaths were ruled justified.
The former officers charged in Tyré Nichols’ death could now be sentenced as late as October, nearly a year after three of them — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith — were convicted at trial.
“I know the conditions of the release. But he just wants to talk to him and I’m gonna ask the mayor, is he too busy?” the man’s uncle said. “(He’s) the mayor of the city. If he’s got a citizen that wants to talk to him, talk to him.”