A 33-year-old man is facing murder charges after Memphis police say they tracked him down in connection with a shooting that left one man dead and a woman injured in South Memphis last month. Darrell Thurman was taken into custody and is now charged with first-degree murder, employment of a firearm with intent to commit a felony, and aggravated assault.
According to Action News 5, police arrived at a shooting scene in the 2900 block of Southwall Street on October 17 and found a man and a woman both suffering from gunshot wounds. The woman was taken to the hospital in non-critical condition, while the man was initially listed in critical condition before he later died at the hospital.
Investigation Leads to Arrest Warrant
Police determined that Thurman was responsible for the shooting, per the investigation described in the report. An arrest warrant was issued on October 25, charging him with first-degree murder, employment of a firearm with intent to commit a felony, and aggravated assault in connection with the Southwall Street shooting.
Investigators located Thurman in the 700 block of St. Paul Avenue in Memphis, where the Memphis Police Department took him into custody, the outlet's report states.
A Name That Surfaced in Memphis Court Records Before
A Darrell Thurman also appeared in Memphis crime coverage back in 2018, when commercialappeal.com reported that a 24-year-old by that name was charged with second-degree murder after officers found 20-year-old Xavier Wilson with a gunshot wound in Thurman's front yard on Armistead Avenue. Wilson later died at a hospital. That report said Thurman admitted to shooting Wilson and had made up a story about a robbery attempt, and he was also charged with employing a firearm in commission of a dangerous felony and false reporting.
South Memphis has seen other fatal shootings investigated separately from this case. wreg.com reported that officers responded to a shooting at a residence in the 700 block of St. Paul Avenue on March 31, where a deceased victim with multiple gunshot wounds, identified as Eugene McNeal, was found lying on the sidewalk. In that case, Tyquan Quinn, 25, was charged, and a second man, Okorie Deshun Thomas, was taken into custody on April 7 in connection with McNeal's death. The available evidence does not tie that case to the Southwall Street shooting or establish any broader pattern in South Memphis.
The Southwall Street case drew some notice on social media after news of the arrest spread, with one Reddit user in r/memphis posting, “They arrested the drink man?!?” The context behind that comment could not be independently verified.
