Teen shot Downtown, third shooting in a week
A woman was shot in Tom Lee Park Tuesday afternoon, March 24. Tuesday’s shooting is the third in a week Downtown. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
“I heard three to four. And then another burst and then another. It was probably about 15-20 shots. It was a lot. And everybody was running,” said a resident.
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Downtown Memphis Tom Lee Park Memphis Police Department.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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