January 30, 2022
HOMICIDE
It was 4:45 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon — January 13, 2022 — when another report of an interstate highway shooting came to the Memphis Police Department. Mt. Moriah station officers were dispatched to the end of the Lamar Avenue westbound exit ramp on the south leg of I-240.
There, near the intersection of S. Prescott Street and Cherokee Boulevard, police found a stopped 2016 Kia Optima. Inside were two shooting victims suffering from multiple wounds.
Markarius Marr was pronounced dead at the scene. The second victim was transported to Regional One Hospital in critical condition. The initial investigation determined that a silver sedan pulled alongside the victims’ car as they exited the highway. Occupants in the silver car opened fire, then continued westbound as they fled.
Anyone who witnessed the shooting — or knows any detail at all on this homicide — is urged to contact CrimeStoppers, 528-CASH (2274).