MEMPHIS, TN – CrimeStoppers today announced it now has an award of $21,000 to pay to any citizen who anonymously contacts CrimeStoppers with information that will help identify one or more suspects in the July 19 shooting death of Corey Adams, a University of Mississippi freshman football player.
An additional $11,000 donation was received from the family by CrimeStoppers of Memphis and Shelby County from, thanks to a GoFundMe drive the family mounted. The amount has been added to the $10,000 CrimeStoppers already had posted in the homicide case.
Adams, 18 and a touted defensive end from New Orleans, was killed, and several others were injured, when gunfire erupted after a pool party in Cordova.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office reported more than 40 rifle and pistol shell casings were found at a nearby residential scene. Chief Deputy Anthony Buckner said there are potentially several suspects in the case.
“We’re sure that somebody knows something that could help solve this case,” said David Wayne Brown, executive director of CrimeStoppers. “We simply ask that people contact CrimeStoppers at 528-CASH (2274) anonymously and provide details that will make him or her eligible for the extraordinary award.