Memphis police said early Thursday morning that four people were killed and three injured after a 19-year-old man opened fire indiscriminately in the city, located in the state of Tennessee.
The city's police chief, CJ Davis, announced in a media briefing that Ezekiel Kelly had been arrested, Wednesday, after he had been shot several times, according to "Reuters".
And about the details of the incident, Davis said, "There were at least eight crimes," referring to "seven shootings and carjackings in Mississippi," according to the " Washington Post ."
#NEW: a spokesperson in West Memphis, AR says reports of a shooting have not verified. Again, no shooting in West Memphis. Heavy law enforcement across the River keeping an eye out for the suspect.
— Joyce Peterson (@MemphoNewsLady) September 8, 2022
Tag number on the car MPD says he carjacked is below. #STAYHOME pic.twitter.com/zLKzsqklRT
Kelly was arrested when his car crashed during a high-speed chase in Southaven, which is south of Memphis, according to the newspaper.
🚨VIDEO: Large emergency services presence where Memphis shooter was taken into custodypic.twitter.com/iILMgFiYtO
— Breaking News (@NewsJunkieBreak) September 8, 2022
On Wednesday, city authorities had asked residents to stay in their homes until his arrest, after alerting them to the presence of a dangerous armed man responsible for the shooting several times, according to a statement on Twitter.
If you do not need to be out, please stay home!
— City of Memphis (@CityOfMemphis) September 8, 2022
"We are receiving reports that he is recording his actions on Facebook," the police said at the time.
A short video posted on the social networking site showed a man confusedly chanting "This is real" and speaking obscenely as he opened a shop door and shot twice at the first person who appeared in front of him. Reuters could not verify the authenticity of the video.
According to the Washington Post, Kelly was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder in 2020.
A man identified by police as 19-year-old Ezekiel Kelly, a suspect in shootings in Memphis, is seen in this picture obtained…
Court records showed in February of 2020, that Kelly, then 17, was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, use of a firearm to commit a serious felony and reckless endangerment of a deadly weapon, according to the Washington Post.
Records show that he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced in April 2021 to three years in prison.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said Kelly was released from prison in March, 11 months after his sentence, according to the Washington Post.
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