Whitehaven schools went on lockdown after off-campus shooting
A Memphis Police Department officer walks on the scene of the accident after a driver crashed into a brick wall in the Lion’s Gate neighborhood across from Whitehaven High School after being shot at multiple times on Sept. 27, 2023. (Aarron Fleming/The Daily Memphian)
Whitehaven Elementary and Whitehaven High schools went on a precautionary lockdown as police investigated an off-campus shooting Wednesday afternoon.
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Whitehaven High School Memphis-Shelby County Schools Law EnforcementJulia Baker
A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker 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.
Aarron Fleming
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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