Shootings occur within miles of each other Sunday morning
Jan 26, 2025
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Memphis Police were kept busy overnight into the early Sunday morning hours.
Detectives were investigating a double-deadly shooting, while also working to piece together a shooting that led to a man crashing into a pole.
Just as the sun was coming up Sunday morning, crime scene tape was going up along Getwell Road, right by the I-240 on-ramp in East Memphis.
There was a web of yellow tape surrounding the area where police said there was a tangled web of violence.
Around 5 a.m., investigators saturated the area following reports of shots fired.
Detectives discovered a man, shot and killed as a second man was being rushed to the hospital.
Sadly, he too died from his injuries.
This left detectives now investigating a double deadly shooting.
Two men dead after East Memphis shooting
Four miles away and four hours earlier, around 1 a.m., police were already investigating another violent attack along Park Avenue, not far from Pendleton Street in the heart of Orange Mound.
For those who call this area home like Charles Nelson things are taking a turn for the worse and causing many to move away.
"They are looking for safer places to live," Nelson. "They are not feeling safe in Memphis."
Between wanting to leave and wanting to remain a part of a community, it brings a wide range of emotions.
"It's real frustrating," Nelson said. "I mean, you can't even sit outside your house nowadays without somebody shooting."
Many are torn on what to do next.
But, when you see these torn pieces of crime scene tape following the early morning attack, you can better understand why some are making the move.
"It saddens me because it's like we can't get along," Nelson said. "It's like it's senseless shootings. You are shooting people for senseless stuff."
Driver shot causing car accident on Park Ave.
The male victim in this case was driving when he was shot. He lost control and police said he ended up crashing into a pole.
Mr. Nelson said he feels there's a better way to resolve a disagreement and it starts with using words instead of weapons.
"I mean you talk it out, but I guess this generation doesn't understand that - talking it out," Nelson said.
Mr. Nelson is hoping to have conversations about values and instead, he's having to have conversations about violence, especially when it comes to what's been spilling into his community over the years.
"It's getting bad," Nelson said. "It's getting frustrated."
If you know anything about either shooting, Memphis Police want to hear from you.
You can call Crime Stoppers at 901-528-CASH.