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A shooting rampage in Memphis left 4 people dead and 3 wounded, officials say, and a suspect is in custody
A 19-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday in a shooting rampage that left four people dead and three others injured across multiple crime scenes in Memphis, Tennessee, police said.
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(CNN)A 19-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday in a shooting rampage that left four people dead and three others injured across multiple crime scenes in Memphis, Tennessee, police said.
At least one of the shootings was apparently streamed on Facebook Live, ultimately leading to the arrest of Ezekiel Kelly as a suspect in the shootings following a high-speed pursuit, Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn "C.J." Davis said during a news conference early Thursday.
The shootings began before 1 a.m. Wednesday and continued through the late evening hours, triggering a shelter in place order for part of the city as police searched for the gunman.
"Our citizens in Memphis and Shelby County were going about their business ... getting off from work, picking up children from daycare, just going about their ordinary lives, when it was all of a sudden shattered," Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said. "Many families will never, ever get over the horrific violence that we saw, that one individual inflicted on the city tonight."
How the shootings unfolded
The first shooting was reported around 12:56 a.m. in the 3100 block of Lyndale Avenue. Responding officers found a male victim in a driveway and he was pronounced dead at the scene, Davis said.
"The homicide suspect was known as Zeek Huncho. He was later identified as Ezekiel Kelly," Davis said at the news conference.
At 4:38 p.m., officers responded to another shooting in the 900 block of South Parkway East, where they found a man in his vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Video surveillance from a nearby business captured the gunman pulling up next to the victim in a grey sedan and firing multiple shots before driving away, Davis said.
Minutes later, at 4:40 p.m., officers responded to a shooting at Norris Road and I-240 and found a woman with a gunshot wound to the leg. She was taken to a hospital in non-critical condition. The suspect fled in a dark colored sedan, Davis said.
More than an hour later, at 5:59 p.m., officers responded to a shooting at a store the 4000 block of Jackson Avenue. "Ezekiel Kelly was on Facebook Live when he opened fire inside the store," Davis said.
Responding officers found a male with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
A short time later, at 6:12 p.m., police received a call from a concerned citizen that someone with the name "Zeek Huncho" was live on Facebook saying he was "threatening to cause harm to citizens," Davis said.
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