February 18, 2022
HOMICIDE
Memphis Police Officers stationed at Austin Peay were dispatched at 8:18 a.m. Wednesday, February 9, 2020 to investigate a “man down” report in the area of Alta Vista Avenue and Rainer Drive near Whitley Avenue in Frayser.
When they arrived the officers found an unresponsive male sitting in a Nissan Sentra carrying a Mississippi license plate. They determined that the man, Curtis Taylor, had been shot. Memphis Fire Department paramedics pronounced Taylor dead at the scene.
Few other details are known. Investigators need the public’s help in this murder case. Anyone with information should contact CrimeStoppers, 528-CASH (2274).