Crime of the Week #16

April 20, 2018

HOMICIDE

Memphis Police received a report of a shooting in the New Horizon Apartments at 1820 Baroness Drive near I-55 and Winchester Road at 3:56 p.m. Sunday, April 15, 2018. Officers arrived to find a male gunshot victim. Alvin Powell, 41, was seated inside a vehicle in the parking lot of the apartment complex.

Powell was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses described a suspect as a male in a black hoodie who fled the scene on foot. Police need the public’s help in identifying the perpetrator of this murder. Anyone with information is asked to call 528-CASH (2274).