A man and a boy were shot at a Cordova shopping center Saturday afternoon, sending both to the hospital with non-critical injuries as Memphis Police continue searching for whoever opened fire. Officers responded to the scene near North Germantown Parkway and Macon Road just after 3:30 p.m. and found the pair suffering from gunshot wounds.
According to Action News 5, Memphis Police confirmed that a man and a child were injured in the shooting, with officers responding to a call near the 900 block of Germantown Parkway. The outlet reported that police had no suspect information available as the investigation got underway.
As reported by localmemphis.com, the shooting took place at a strip mall along North Germantown Parkway near Macon Road just after 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The station reported that officers found a boy and an adult man suffering from gunshot wounds, and both were taken to a local hospital in non-critical condition.
Investigation Remains Active, No Suspect Named
The shooting remains an active investigation, and no suspect has been identified. Per wreg.com, no suspect information is available at this time, and the case remains open as detectives work to piece together what happened.
Details about what led to the shooting, including any possible motive or weapon used, have not been released. Memphis Police have not disclosed the identities of the man or the boy, and no further details about their conditions have been made public beyond the initial non-critical status reported at the scene.
Pattern of Gunfire Along Germantown Parkway
Saturday's shooting adds to a string of gun violence reported along the Germantown Parkway corridor in recent months. The same stretch of road was the site of another shooting in which one person was left in critical condition in a shopping-center parking lot, according to the unlinked same source that first reported it, which placed that earlier incident at 1830 N. Germantown Parkway near Dexter Road, shortly before 7 p.m.
Just weeks earlier, on August 29, a person was injured in a shooting outside a Cordova auto parts store, as reported by Action News 5. It is not clear from available reporting whether any of these incidents are connected. No further information linking the cases has been released.
