Highland Street shooter is in custody
Memphis Police Department deputy chief Stephen Chandler comforts, Marsha McKinney, who identified herself as the suspect’s mother, after an active shooter situation near the University of Memphis Tuesday, May 2. McKinney told reporters at the scene that she hasn’t spoken to her son in months. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The shooter who had been contained inside a local restaurant on the Highland Strip is in custody, according to a tweet from the Memphis Police Department.
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Julia Baker covers Memphis and Shelby County’s law enforcement agencies and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. A lifelong Memphian, Julia 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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