Three men charged with murder after friendly-fire shooting in Orange Mound, Memphis
Three Memphis men face first-degree murder charges after a drive-by shooting on Carson St. left one of their own group dead from a gunshot to the head.
Three charged with murder after Orange Mound shooting leaves one dead
Three men face first-degree murder charges following a fatal shooting in the Orange Mound neighbourhood of Memphis, Tennessee, yahoo.com reports. Kylon Tremell Young, 19, Kaleb Clark, 20, and Zachary Clark, 20, are all scheduled to appear in court on Monday.
Memphis Police officers were called to Methodist University Hospital at around 3:30 a.m. on 7 November after a man arrived by private vehicle — a silver Nissan Altima — with a gunshot wound to the back of his head. The victim was pronounced dead at approximately 4:40 a.m.
The three men who brought him to hospital were later identified as the suspects. Investigators subsequently located the crime scene on the 700 block of Carson Street, where the front of a residence showed damage from projectiles. A pool of blood, a handgun, and spent rifle casings were recovered in the street.
According to a statement Kaleb Clark gave police, he, his cousin — who was also the victim — his brother Zachary, Young, and an unidentified fifth man had travelled to the address with the intention of shooting at the house. Kaleb said his cousin had obtained the location of the intended target via a text message, and that all five men were armed.
Kaleb, his cousin, and the unknown man exited the vehicle and opened fire on the residence. Young and Zachary Clark remained inside the car. A man was standing outside the house, Kaleb told police, so they directed their fire at him. That man ran inside without returning fire, according to officers.
Kaleb told investigators that as he was shooting, his cousin moved in front of him and may have been struck in the head by one of his own rounds. He later revised his account, suggesting it was possible the unidentified man in the group had accidentally fired the fatal shot.
Statements given separately by Young and Zachary Clark corroborated the account provided by Kaleb, police said. The man at whom the group had been shooting did not discharge any weapon during the incident.
All three suspects are charged with first-degree murder and are due to appear before a court on Monday.
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