In an escalating incident of gun violence, a 15-year-old girl was hospitalized following a shooting at an apartment complex in the Fox Meadows neighborhood of Memphis. Yesterday morning, Memphis Police Department officials arrived at the Hickory Pointe Apartments located on the 5800 block of Mount Hickory Drive, as reported by Local Memphis. The victim was located and swiftly transported to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, her condition was cited as non-critical.
Witness accounts from the scene described a suspect with an identifying feature of dreads, clothed in a black hoodie and dark pants, seen fleeing in a white vehicle. This description aligns with the Memphis Police Department’s lookout bulletin for the individual responsible for the shooting. As per the same dispatch, anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to reach out to CrimeStoppers, with potential for anonymity, at the number provided by MPD: (901) 528-CASH. Meanwhile, further revelations by family members contended that the teenage girl was inadvertently caught up in a precarious scenario having borrowed a vehicle shortly before the attack, as disclosed by WREG.
Compounding the narrative, a neighborhood resident recounted the moment the victim sought sanctuary, stating, "She ended up knocking up on my door. She got in the house, she said, she had been shot," in an interview obtained by WREG. Their recount reflects an incongruous calmness of the injured girl despite the serious nature of her wound, which belies the violence just inflicted upon her. The neighbor also added, “She was very calm. She was calm. What made me think ‘Are you for-real, you got shot for-real, like?’ And when I turned on the light and saw the hole in her leg. I was like ‘Oh God, girl, you’re so calm.”
In terms of investigation progress, the shooting incident is currently active and information is being gathered by authorities. Memphis Police, while reiterating that the juvenile's injuries were non-life-threatening and an expectation of recovery is presumed, are continuing to appeal for public assistance in tracking down the suspect. Illustrating the consistent descriptions from various sources, FOX13 Memphis confirmed that the suspect sported dreads and was attired in a blockade hoodie and black pants. The perpetrator’s abrupt departure in a white vehicle was likewise echoed across all witness accounts and police statements.
