A welfare check at a Fox Meadows apartment complex turned into a double death investigation Friday afternoon after Memphis police officers found two people with gunshot wounds inside the Residences at Lakeview Apartments. Both were pronounced dead at the scene, near South Mendenhall Road and Meadowlake Drive.
Officers responded to the complex around 1:45 p.m. to check on the welfare of residents there, according to Action News 5. What they found instead were two people suffering from gunshot wounds, with no indication from police of how long the victims had been there before officers arrived.
Memphis police confirmed they are investigating the deaths of the two people found in the Fox Meadows neighborhood, and said Friday night that the case remains active. Action News 5 has requested additional details from investigators, though none have yet been released.
No Suspect Or Motive Identified
As of Friday night, authorities had not named the victims, identified a suspect, or indicated what led to the shooting. The station's report does not say whether investigators believe the two knew one another or whether anyone is in custody in connection with the case.
The scene adds to a string of violent incidents that have unfolded in and around the Fox Meadows area in recent years, though nothing in the record ties this latest case to those earlier shootings. In October 2025, the Memphis Police Department investigated a homicide at an apartment complex near the Links at Fox Meadows golf course, where a single victim was pronounced dead at the scene, as reported by Action News 5.
Pattern Of Shootings In The Neighborhood
FOX13 Memphis reported that a man was shot and killed late one Sunday night in Fox Meadows, with investigators in that case believing the shooter and victim knew each other. The report placed the shooting on Hickory Point Lane off Mt. Moriah Road Extended, where officers were called shortly before 11:50 p.m.
Those earlier cases are documented separately and nothing in the current reporting links them to Friday's deaths at Residences at Lakeview. The Memphis Police Department reported earlier this year that its Homicide Bureau posted an 81% clearance rate in the second quarter of 2026, up from 47% previously, according to the department's own release, though the underlying methodology behind that figure has not been independently verified here.
Memphis police have not released further information on Friday's shooting, and Action News 5 continues to seek additional details from investigators as the case develops.
