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]