Shootings are commonplace in the United States. A 19-year-old ended up killing four people in a series of shootings on Wednesday September 7, 2022 in Memphis.
He has shared footage of his shootings on Facebook Live. This is what would have alerted the police. Authorities said the killer who randomly shot at passers-by answers to the name of Ezekiel Kelly. According to police statements, Ezekiel Kelly first shot a man at a gas station around 4:30 p.m. that day, another woman was injured. The shooter had driven an Infiniti and then a gray Toyota to try to evade the police.
During his murderous Livestream, the man had said he shot five people. We see him in a sequence cocking his gun and shooting while filming himself with the camera of his phone while he is driving. The Livestream clips shootouts and deadly chase of this young gunman have been taken down by Facebook. But we learn in another clip that he got out of his car and entered a supermarket to shoot a random person. Before firing, he can be heard exclaiming “no trickery, this stuff is real“. Finally, the suspect was arrested and taken into custody.
Residents had been ordered to stay safe at home
During the time when the authorities mobilized to find and capture him, the population was summoned of “stay safe at home“. “We don’t know his motive, we just know that he is responsible for several shootings at present“Major Karen Rudolph, spokeswoman for the Memphis Police Department, told NBC WMC. while the search was still going on.
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Ezekiel Kelly
During his deadly Livestream, the man said he shot five people.
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Ezekiel Kelly
We see him in a sequence cocking his gun and shooting while filming himself with the camera of his phone while driving.
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Ezekiel Kelly
Livestream clips of the shootings and deadly chase of this young gunman have been removed by Facebook.
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Ezekiel Kelly
But we learn in another clip that he got out of his car and entered a supermarket to shoot a random person.