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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Memphis, Tennessee, warned residents to shelter in place as a man drives around the city shooting at people on Thursday ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Memphis, Tennessee, said a man who drove around the city shooting at people during an hours-long spree that forced ...

Circumstances of the case were not immediately known. Rhodes College, which in about 4 miles away from the university, advised students on and off campus to shelter in place. Police said he later switched vehicles to a grey Toyota SUV.

Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph said 19-year-old Ezekiel Kelly was taken into custody after 9 p.m. in the Whitehaven neighborhood. That was about two ...

Circumstances of the case were not immediately known. Rhodes College, which in about 4 miles away from the university, advised students on and off campus to shelter in place. Police said he later switched vehicles to a grey Toyota SUV.

Police arrested 19-year-old Ezekiel Kelly on a first-degree murder charge Wednesday after they say he went on a mobile shooting spree around the city.

the University of Memphis alerted the campus to shots fired in the area of Patterson Street and Southern Avenue, the southwest corner of campus. According to the alert, the person "immediately fled" the area. "If you do not have to be out, stay indoors until this is resolved." Police also said they had reports that the man was posting videos to Facebook, but that couldn't be confirmed. Memphis police sent out a tweet just after 7 p.m. "MATA leaders are acting in an abundance of caution and care for the safety of its drivers and riders," the public transit service issued in a press release Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.

The Memphis Police Department identified the suspect as Ezekiel Kelly, 19, after receiving reports of a person filming and shooting on Facebook Live.

The University of Memphis alerted the campus of a shooting in the southwest corner of campus. Rhodes College, which is about 4 miles away from the university, advised students to shelter in place. A neighborhood in south Memphis was under a shelter-in-place order as police searched for Kelly. "MATA leaders are acting in an abundance of caution and care for the safety of its drivers and riders," the public transit service said in a release Wednesday night. Southaven Police Department said on Twitter that shortly before 9 p.m., officers responded to a motor vehicle theft and "immediately learned" that Kelly was the suspect. The order was lifted after Kelly was taken into custody after 9 p.m.

The authorities urged residents to stay off the streets into the evening as they searched for an “armed and dangerous” 19-year-old who they said had carried ...

The outcome of the case was not immediately clear. In the second shooting, they said, a woman was shot on Norris Road near the southbound ramp to Interstate 240 and taken to a hospital in critical condition. It was not immediately clear how many people had been shot on Wednesday or whether the shootings were random. The University of Memphis, already shaken [ by the recent abduction and killing of a woman ](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/04/us/memphis-eliza-fletcher-abduction-suspect.html)jogging near the campus, went on lockdown. It was unclear what charges he will face, but as the police searched, they described him as “armed and dangerous.” “If you do not need to be out, please stay home!” the City of Memphis

A gunman who livestreamed himself driving around Memphis shooting at people, killing four and wounding three others in seemingly random attacks, ...

But there are finally signs that prices in the used car market may have peaked. Federal Reserve and other central banks in a global stampede of rapid rate hikes meant to snuff out record inflation that is squeezing consumers and pushing Europe toward recession. He subsequently went into medical distress and was later pronounced dead in hospital, according to police. Standing beside him was Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy, a fellow Democrat who was elected in August after arguing that the sentencing law does not reduce crime nor help incarcerated people rehabilitate, and drives up Tennessee's prison budget. "From now on, three years for aggravated assault means three years," the mayor said. The statute, which took effect after Kelly was freed, requires serving entire sentences for various felonies, including attempted first-degree murder, vehicular homicide resulting from the driver's intoxication and carjacking. Records show he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced in April 2021 to three years. "I understand it feels like so much violence and evil to experience in such a short time," Memphis City Council member Chase Carlisle said on Twitter. Police did not discuss a motive or release the identities of those who were killed or wounded. Rhodes College, which is about 4 miles away from the university, advised students on and off campus to shelter in place. In another, a man narrates himself driving -- "green light, green light" -- and sings "no faking." "This is no way for us to live and it is not acceptable," said Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, who later pounded the podium as he demanded accountability.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Memphis, Tennessee, said a man who drove around the city shooting at people du...

Police said he later switched vehicles to a grey Toyota SUV. MEMPHIS, Tenn. Police say Memphis shooting spree suspect, 19, in custody