Early Tuesday morning, the quiet around Memphis International Airport shattered as a heavy police presence flooded the Circle K in the Oakhaven neighborhood after a report of a shooting, according to Memphis police. Officers and emergency crews rushed to the intersection of East Shelby Drive and Tchulahoma Road shortly after 4:40 a.m., and witnesses described a packed scene with multiple squad cars, crime scene tape and a fire engine surrounding the gas station.
Memphis police said the call for the shooting came in around 4:43 a.m., and investigators were working the scene to figure out what unfolded, Fox13 Memphis reported. A Fox13 crew on site said officers had the Circle K ringed with cruisers and that emergency vehicles were blocking parts of the intersection, snarling traffic for early morning drivers. As of that report, authorities had not released any information about possible victims or suspects in custody.
Neighborhood context
Residents in Oakhaven are no strangers to scenes like this. The neighborhood has seen multiple shootings in recent months, highlighting ongoing violence along stretches of East Shelby Drive, as previously detailed by Action News 5. The Circle K sits on a busy corridor near the airport, so large police responses there tend to ripple quickly through the community, sparking concern and clogging a key route for commuters and travelers.
Neighbors say that when lights, sirens and crime scene tape appear at that intersection, they are quick to tune in to updates from police and local TV stations, waiting to learn if the violence is part of a broader pattern or an isolated flare up.
Anyone with information about Tuesday’s incident is urged to contact CrimeStoppers at 901-528-CASH or reach out to the Memphis Police Department non-emergency line, per the Memphis Police Department. Police had not released any additional details at the time of publication.
