Gun violence strategies working, despite mass shooting
Six people were shot during a Memphis Allies meeting Wednesday, April 9 at a business park in the 4000 block of South Mendenhall in Hickory Hill. (Aarron Fleming/The Daily Memphian)
More questions than answers remain following a Wednesday, April 9, shooting in Hickory Hill that left five people injured and one dead.
The shooting occurred at a meeting of Memphis Allies, a Youth Villages program aiming to reduce gun violence in the city.
But Youth Villages has said little publicly about the shooting, and Memphis police have not identified a suspect.
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Aarron Fleming
Aarron Fleming covers public safety for The Daily Memphian, focusing on crime and the local court system. He earned his bachelor’s in journalism and strategic media from the University of Memphis.
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