Shooting at Memphis Block Party Leaves 2 Dead

Two people were killed and seven injured in a shooting at an unauthorized block party in Memphis’s Orange Mound neighborhood on Saturday, April 20, police said.

On Sunday, Memphis Police said the wounded were all in a stable condition.

Footage filmed by Facebook user Dreadhead NeNe shows people gathered around a basketball court watching a car doing donuts before gunfire erupts and people start running.

The police department offered $15,000 for information leading to the suspects’ arrest and asked people to “stand together as a community.” Credit: Dreadhead NeNe via Storyful

Video transcript

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[CHEERING]

[GUNSHOTS]

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

- Stay down. Y'all get out of it!

[GUNSHOTS]

I don't need play like that.

[CHATTER]

Get the fuck out of here.

[SHOUTING]

- Oh, my God.

[CHATTER]

[HONKING]

Come on.

[SCREAMING]

Come on.

[CHATTER]

[HONKING CONTINUES]

- Wait a minute, wait.

[CHATTER]

[YELLING]