A child was injured after being shot in the Binghampton neighborhood of Memphis, marking yet another case of gun violence impacting the city's youth. Local Memphis reports that Memphis police arrived at the scene of the shooting on New Year's Eve at approximately 5:45 p.m. in the 200 block of E. Red Oak Dr., where they found the young victim.
According to WREG, the male juvenile whose age remains unidentified, was transported to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and fortunately, he is in non-critical condition even as no suspect has been taken into custody; the shooting is still under active investigation by the authorities. This comes on the heels of multiple shootings in Memphis that have left children injured within a strikingly brief span, unsettling the community grappling with this surge of violence.
Further details revealed by Action News 5 indicate that the shooting occurred at a Binghampton apartment complex on East Red Oak Drive, within the boundaries of Chickasaw Place Apartments, and had left the young girl with non-critical injuries.
The span of time between these incidents, all involving children, has brought an acute focus to the prevalence of gun violence in the community, while local law enforcement has not yet announced any arrests related to this latest incident, they typically urge anyone with information to contact CrimeStoppers and the phone number often provided is 901-528-CASH, providing a direct avenue for public assistance in these ongoing investigations as the search for solutions to the specter of gun violence continues.
