MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Authorities said a man who drove around Memphis, Tennessee, shooting at people, killing four, during an hourslong rampage that forced frightened people to shelter in place Wednesday has been arrested.
The Memphis Police Department identified the suspect as Ezekiel Kelly, 19, after receiving reports of a person shooting and posting live videos on Facebook. Four people were killed and three others were wounded in seven shootings across Memphis, Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said during a news conference early Thursday.
The rampage began at 12:56 a.m. Wednesday and continued to about 8:30 p.m. There was at least eight crime scenes: the seven shootings and a carjacking in Southaven, Davis said.
A neighborhood in south Memphis was under a shelter-in-place order as police searched for Kelly. The order was lifted after Kelly was taken into custody after 9 p.m. in the Whitehaven neighborhood, authorities said.
Police said Kelly was driving a light blue Infiniti and later switched vehicles to a gray Toyota with an Arkansas license plate.
Southaven Police Department said on Twitter that shortly before 9 p.m., officers responded to a motor vehicle theft and “immediately learned” that Kelly was the suspect.
Facebook videos Kelly posted earlier Wednesday were removed from the platform. Kelly’s Instagram account was also taken down.
Memphis Police Department Sgt. Louis Brownlee said Kelly has prior arrests for attempted first-degree murder, aggravated…
