Memphis police are searching for a 19-year-old man they say is responsible for several shootings Wednesday evening and prompted police to issue a warning for residents to stay indoors.
"The suspect is still at large," police said in a tweet at 8 p.m. "If you do not have to be out, stay indoors until this is resolved."
"MATA leaders are acting in an abundance of caution and care for the safety of its drivers and riders," the public transit service issued in a press release Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.At 7:31 p.m. the University of Memphis alerted the campus to shots fired in the area of Patterson Street and Southern Avenue, the southwest corner of campus. According to the alert, the person"immediately fled" the area.
The university has locked doors across campus"for general safety" and had officers in the area on patrol. At the intersection of Poplar Avenue and McLean Boulevard, a Commercial Appeal reporter saw a man injured on the sidewalk and being helped into an ambulance, along with police crime scene tape blocking the area outside Midtown Center for Health and Rehabilitation.Police blocked off Poplar Avenue from McLean Boulevard to North Evergreen Street on Wednesday evening.
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