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Mysterian

(6,623 posts)
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 09:04 AM Sep 2022

Four killed in hourslong Memphis shooting rampage before suspect arrested, police say

Source: CBS News

Memphis, Tenn. — Police here say a man who drove around the city shooting at people, killing four, during an hourslong rampage that forced frightened people to shelter in place Wednesday has been arrested.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ezekiel-kelly-memphis-shooting-spree-suspect-arrested-at-least-four-dead/

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Four killed in hourslong Memphis shooting rampage before suspect arrested, police say (Original Post) Mysterian Sep 2022 OP
Did they wait for him to run out of bullets? GreenWave Sep 2022 #1
Good idea! 2naSalit Sep 2022 #4
Looks like they just got tired of watching him Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #2
Our "well-regulated militia" again... NM Grins Sep 2022 #3
More like a criminal again DashOneBravo Sep 2022 #5
Silver lining news: TN has death penalty. Brainfodder Sep 2022 #6
Since he was arrested Delphinus Sep 2022 #7

GreenWave

(12,800 posts)
1. Did they wait for him to run out of bullets?
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 09:07 AM
Sep 2022

This made me think of a device put in guns that when signal sent blocks the triggering mechanism. Any inventors out there?

Farmer-Rick

(12,786 posts)
2. Looks like they just got tired of watching him
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 09:18 AM
Sep 2022

"Ezekiel Kelly, 19, who was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder in 2020, was taken into custody at around 9 p.m. in the Memphis neighborhood of Whitehaven."

Memphis has some rough neighborhoods and Whitehaven is one of them.

Brainfodder

(7,781 posts)
6. Silver lining news: TN has death penalty.
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:09 PM
Sep 2022

Clowns live streaming the crime IS motive: INFAMY!

He's death penalty all the way, absolutely, and I'd put him at the front of the list.



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