An 18-year-old has been ordered to remain in detention on a $1 million bond following a detention hearing on charges stemming from a triple shooting incident in 2024. Derrion Taylor is accused in the death of 93-year-old Geraldine Harris and the injury of two others during the shooting that took place on January 17, 2024, on Kendale Avenue. The hearing took place today, where a Memphis Police Department Homicide Detective testified, expressing concerns over the safety of the community should Taylor be released.
As reported by the Shelby County District Attorney's Office, the Juvenile Court Prosecution Unit's Assistant District Attorneys, William Yonkowski and Sanjeev Memula led the hearing. Appearing with his attorney, the arguments presented were substantial enough to convince the Juvenile Magistrate to detain Taylor, with an overwhelming concern carefully conveyed by family members of the victim who attended the court session both in-person and virtually.
The arrest of Taylor was carried out by the U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force on July 24, 2025. At the location on Colony Drive in Memphis where Taylor was apprehended, he also had pending warrants for additional unrelated adult criminal charges. The case has not yet reached its conclusion and is still under active investigation by authorities.
During the hearing, the State emphasized the gravity of Taylor's alleged actions, and Taylor, facing the charges handed down from a grim event that unfolded in a neighborhood scarred by violence, remained silent. The enforcement of the high bond mirrors the gravity of the accusations and the community's outcry for justice in the face of such a heinous crime committed against an elder, whose years spanned nearly a century.
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