At least four people were killed and three others injured by the shots that a young man fired indiscriminately from his vehicle in the city of Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, and which he broadcast live through Facebook, local media reported Thursday. .
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The alleged perpetrator of the shots that terrorized the city for several hours has already been arrested. He was identified as Ezekiel Kelly, a 19-year-old who police say has multiple criminal records.
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The suspect has been taken into police custody after his arrest after the shots he fired indiscriminately in at least eight different places, generated an alert throughout the city.
Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis confirmed the four deaths at a news conference Thursday, in which described the events as a “mass shooting in motion”.
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The police official confirmed that there are three other injuries, including an employee of an auto parts distribution establishment “AutoZone” who was seriously injured and is in hospital. Precisely, the shooting at this location was filmed on Facebook LiveDavis specified.
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NBC News: Police in Memphis, TN say this man, whom they identify as 19 and/or Ezekiel Kelly, is wanted for shooting at people randomly while driving from location to location.
Significant parts of that city are locked down. He is still at large as of 10:15pm ET. pic.twitter.com/JKf4OEYTXK
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) September 8, 2022
The detainee had been released this year after serving 11 months of a three-year prison sentence for aggravated assault, according to police.
Local media recall that the city has recently suffered several incidents such as the kidnapping and subsequent death of the teacher Eliza Fletcher and the shooting attack on a police officer.
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According to The Washington Post, Kelly crashed her car before being cornered and detained by police in the Whitehaven area of the city, but was not injured.
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