Crime of the Week #11

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT

A vehicle was travelling on Airways Boulevard near Wilson Street in south Memphis on Thursday March 30, 2023 around 10:30 a.m. when shots were fired from a black vehicle containing several occupants.

Memphis Police responded and found the driver of the first vehicle had been struck. He was taken to Regional One Hospital in critical condition. Other occupants weren’t hit by the gunfire.

In the course of the investigation, suspects were developed and captured on video at a nearby business. Still shots from the video are included here.

Anyone who knows about this shooting or can identify any of the suspects is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 528-CASH (2274). A cash award is available. Calls are anonymous.

Crime of the Week #10

HOMICIDE

A Cold Case
Memphis Police officers responding to a shooting call arrived at 9028 Walnut Grove Road, near Forest Hill Irene Road in Cordova at 6:42 p.m. Thursday, August 20, 2020. They found a pregnant woman unresponsive and bleeding in a black 2014 Mercedes CL2 in the parking lot of a Walgreen’s drugstore.

Keierra McNeil, 32, had multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics arrived and pronounced McNeil and the unborn child dead at 7:07 p.m.

Investigators need the public’s help to solve this homicide. Her family said she had gone to the drugstore to meet with someone. Although an individual was arrested later, charges were dropped because the prosecutor’s office said there wasn’t enough evidence to proceed in the case.

Anyone with information is urged to contact CrimeStoppers at 528-CASH (2274) to help solve this crime.

Crime of the Week #9

HOMICIDE

Residents in the Klondike neighborhood of north Memphis heard gunshots just after 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Memphis Police arrived at the intersection of Speed Street and Henry Avenue at 3:31 to find Jamario Wallace lying in the street and suffering from a gunshot wound.

Wallace was transported to Regional One in critical condition. A possible suspect who fled was described as wearing a gray hoodie, black pants and gray Croc-style shoes.

The next day, detectives were informed that the teenager had died from his injury a few minutes after midnight. The public’s help is needed to solve this murder. Anyone with additional information should contact CrimeStoppers at (901) 528-CASH (2274).

Crime of the Week #8

HOMICIDE

A shooting call came to the Memphis Police at the Mt. Moriah station at 2:41 a.m. Saturday, February 18, 2023 and officers were dispatched to 2762 Getwell Road in southeast Memphis.

On arrival at Memphis Pools, a business on Getwell, patrolmen found a man lying on the parking lot. Modesto Rodrigo was unresponsive. He had suffered gunshot wounds.

Paramedics with the Memphis Fire Department’s Unit 24 arrived and pronounced Rodrigo dead at 2:52 a.m.

Anyone with information on this deadly shooting is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 528-CASH (2274). All calls are anonymous and an award is possible.

Crime of the Week #7

HOMICIDE

The report of a shooting brought MPD patrolmen assigned to the Ridgeway station to the 5900 block of Pebble Beach Avenue in southeast Memphis Monday, February 27, 2023. It was 6:16 p.m. when they arrived and found a shooting victim on the ground.

Mirickei McCrary had been shot several times. She was transported to Regional One Hospital in critical condition but later died of her injuries.

Police learned that she had been playing basketball when a gray Chevrolet Impala drove down the street. Gunshots erupted from the car’s windows. Investigators are asking the public’s help in order to solve this homicide case. Anyone with information should contact CrimeStoppers, 528-CASH (2274).

Crime of the Week #6

HOMICIDE

A report of shots fired at 1:13 a.m. Tuesday, February 7, 2023 brought MPD patrolmen assigned to the Ridgeway Station to the intersection of Leven Road and Clearbrook Street, just south of Parkway Village, in south Memphis.

The officers arrived to find a shooting victim lying in the road. Keldric Cox was pronounced dead of gunshot wounds by Memphis Fire Department paramedics.

Investigators have very few leads to go on in trying to solve this murder case. Anyone with information is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 528-CASH (2274).

Crime of the Week #5

HOMICIDE

Memphis Police officers assigned to the Crump Station responded a suspicious activity call Saturday, February 4, 2023. It was nearly 2:30 in the morning.

The patrolmen arrived at 1413 Preston Street near South Parkway in the Soulsville neighborhood and found a woman lying near a running 2012 Ford Focus. The victim, identified as Jazmin Jones, was unresponsive and had gunshot wounds in her chest.

She was pronounced dead at 2:37 a.m. by paramedics with the Memphis Fire Department. Anyone with information on this homicide case is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 528-CASH (2274).

Crime of the Week #4

HOMICIDE

Memphis Police officers were sent to check on a man reported lying on the steps of a church downtown early in the morning of Saturday, January 28, 2023.

It was 3:17 a.m. Patrolmen pulled up to the front of the First Baptist Beale Street Church at 379 Beale Street and saw what looked like a man sleeping. They soon realized, however, he was a shooting victim.

Paramedics took Bryan Polk to Regional One Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Investigators are asking that anyone who saw or heard anything, or know something about this homicide, contact CrimeStoppers at 528-CASH.

Crime of the Week #3

HOMICIDE

A report of a shooting brought Memphis Police officers to the 1800 block of Titus Road near East Mallory Avenue in south Memphis on Saturday, January 14, 2023.

At the scene they found a male who had been shot and needed medical attention. Before he could be removed to a hospital the shooting victim died. Officers found a second shooting victim nearby. He also was dead and an investigation shows he was shot by the same gun.

A suspect had been seen in a stolen vehicle just before and during the shooting. That car was recovered a few blocks away. A man leaving the stolen vehicle in a person of interest in this double homicide.

No arrest has been made at this time. The public’s help is needed in identifying the suspect. Anyone with information is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 528-CASH (2274).

Crime of the Week #2

HOMICIDE

A 9-1-1 call about a fire came in Wednesday, December 21, 2022 and the Memphis Fire Department was dispatched to the scene in the 1700 block of East Raines Road off I-55 in south Memphis. There firefighters confronted a vehicle on fire in a weedy field. The vehicle was fully involved in flames.

After the fire was extinguished a badly-burned body was found inside, and the person’s gender was undetermined, but signs of gunshot wounds were evident.

On December 22 the Shelby County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide and reported the remains were that of a male victim. The burned vehicle is a Nissan but the model is uncertain because of the extent of damage.

Memphis Police investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying the victim. Any information should be provided to CrimeStoppers at 528-CASH (2274).