Memphis Shooting Rampage : Man goes facebook live and opens fire at Autozone and marathon gas station
Police in Memphis, Tennessee, were looking for a 19-year-old man allegedly connected to a string of shootings recorded on Facebook in the city Wednesday.
The armed and dangerous man is going around Memphis shooting people, according to Memphis Police.
Police said a 19-year-old man is suspected in the shooting spree on Wednesday. The man claims to have shot five people in a Facebook Live video seen by FOX13.
In that video, the man appears to walk into an AutoZone store, aim a gun at a man and pull the trigger.
At least two shootings had been reported in Memphis as of 7 p.m., a deadly shooting at a BP gas station on South Parkway and a woman who was critically injured after being shot on Norris Road near I-240.
Memphis Police tweeted around 7 p.m. alerting the public. The man is allegedly recording himself shooting people on Facebook live, police said.
Police do not have any exact location
for this man at this time. Police said the man is still at large and urged everybody to stay indoors.
The Memphis Police Department released an image of a suspect it says is linked to a series of shootings in the city. (Memphis Police Department)
— Memphis Police Dept (@MEM_PoliceDept) September 8, 2022
Memphis man on shooting spree recording attacks to Facebook.
One Twitter user posted a clip of the suspect’s Facebook live which shows him entering a store and shooting at a nearby customer.
“So a random guy in Memphis is going around just shooting & killing random people on his Facebook live, happening right now, Memphis stay safe,” the Twitter user wrote.
WARNING: THE VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC FOOTAGE AND MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME.
MEMPHIS REALLY IS GTA THIS THE 6TH PERSON HE KILLED TODAY (& COUNTING) PIC.TWITTER.COM/ZUAYFMD6QY
— TK ?? (@SLUMBOYSINO) SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
The man is reportedly driving a blue or silver Infiniti car, police say.
Anyone with information on these incidents should call 911 immediately.
