The gunman who live-streamed himself driving around Memphis shooting at people, killing four and wounding three others in seemingly random attacks, was finally arrested after crashing a stolen car.
The 19-year-old was using the name “Zeek Huncho” on Facebook, was wanted by the Memphis Police Department on Wednesday evening for multiple shootings.
The Gunman was shooting victims randomly on Facebook Live. Residents were told to shelter in place and the city was placed on lockdown for 5 hours.
Ezekiel Kelly, 19, a violent felon who was released early from prison this year, was taken into custody at around 9 p.m. in the Memphis neighborhood of Whitehaven, police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph said.
Kelly crashed the stolen vehicle he was driving and he was arrested without further incident.
Kelly has prior arrests for second-degree murder and reckless endangerment in 2020.
In February 2020, Kelly, then 17, was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, using a firearm to commit a dangerous felony and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, court records show.
Records show he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced in April 2021 to three years. Kelly was released from prison in March, 11 months after he was sentenced, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said.
“This is no way for us to live and it is not acceptable,” the mayor said. “If Mr. Kelly served his full three-year sentence, he would still be in prison today and four of our fellow citizens would still be alive.”
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