Police did not discuss a motive or release the identities of those who were killed or wounded. “If you do not have to be out, stay indoors until this is resolved," Memphis police said on Twitter, before the arrest. Kelly was ultimately arrested about 11 miles from the two campuses. Rhodes College, which is about 4 miles away from the university, advised students on and off campus to shelter in place. The University of Memphis sent a message to students saying a shooting had been reported near the campus. Police received “numerous tips” from the public during the ordeal, Davis said.
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Friends and relatives frantically called and texted each other and TV stations cut into regular coverage with updates. Kelly was arrested without incident two hours after the initial police alert when he crashed the Challenger during a high speed chase, and two guns were found in the vehicle, Davis said.Īs the shooter terrorized the city, buses stopped running and the Memphis Redbirds cleared the field during their minor-league baseball game. Police said he killed a woman in Memphis as he took her grey Toyota SUV, which he left behind when he stole a man's Dodge Challenger across the state line in Southaven, Mississippi. Three more shootings and two carjackings followed. In one video, he casually spoke to the camera before opening the door to a store and then immediately shooting at someone with what appeared to be a pistol. Police then sent out an alert warning people to be on the lookout for an armed and dangerous man responsible for multiple shootings and reportedly recording his actions on Facebook. that the suspect was livestreaming himself threatening to cause harm to citizens, Davis said.
Wednesday, and officers responded to three more crime scenes before receiving a tip at 6:12 p.m. Memphis Police Director Cerelyn “CJ" Davis said during a news conference early Thursday that four people were killed and three others were wounded in seven shootings and at least two carjackings. in the Memphis neighborhood of Whitehaven, police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph said. The hours-long rampage had police warning people across the city to shelter in place, locking down a baseball stadium and university campuses and suspending public bus services as frightened residents wondered where the man might strike next.Įzekiel Kelly, 19, a violent felon who was released early from prison this year, was taken into custody at around 9 p.m. A gunman who livestreamed himself driving around Memphis shooting at people, killing four and wounding three others in seemingly random attacks, was finally arrested after crashing a stolen car, police said early Thursday.
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