UPDATE: A 19-year-old man sought by Memphis police in multiple shootings that prompted warnings to stay inside has been captured, authorities say.
A 19-year-old man sought by Memphis, Tennessee, police in multiple shootings that prompted warnings to stay inside has been captured, authorities said Wednesday night.More than two hours earlier, police issued an urgent alert warning about an armed and dangerous man who had shot multiple people and who may have recorded the violence on social media.
Police said the suspect was taken into custody by Memphis police and sheriff’s deputies around 9:20 p.m., and that the investigation was ongoing. “We are getting reports that he is recording his actions on Facebook. We do not have a specific location of where he is now,” the tweet stated.