A guy was recently detain after recording a shooting spree on Facebook. Additionally, the 19-year-old guy from Memphis, Tennessee has been arrested after he drove around the city and shot random people whilst recording it as it happens. Reports say that he shot 7 people and 4 are dead.
moreover, the man was driving a light blue Infiniti whilst shooting people at random. He later switched to a grey Toyota SUV.
The first reported shooting occurred at around 1 a.m. local time. Memphis Police Department reports that police arrested the man at around 9.20 p.m. Police detain Kelly roughly 18 kilometers from the University of Memphis and 19 kilometers from Rhodes College. Kelly allegedly stole an automobile from a petrol station in Southaven, Mississippi, south of Memphis just outside the state border, before police arrested him in Memphis.
Currently, the police do not know the motive of the shootings.
*****UPDATE 9:28 PM******
SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY
Ezekiel D. Kelly
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— Memphis Police Dept (@MEM_PoliceDept) September 8, 2022
The police put the city on lockdown as a response to the shootings. Police have warned the city residents of about 630,000 to stay indoors. The University of Memphis warned their students to stay indoors as the shooting was occurring around their area. Rhodes College has also told their students to remain inside campus until the police have said it is safe.
Sources: Memphis Police Department, Actionnews5