MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is dead after an early Sunday shooting in the Hickory Hill area, the Memphis Police Department said.
Officers were sent to a man-down call near Flowering Peach Drive and Mendenhall Road around 12:34 a.m. When they arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Memphis Police are investigating an early morning shooting that left a man dead in Hickory Hill. No suspect description was released in the initial police account, and detectives asked anyone with information to contact CrimeStoppers at 901-528-CASH.
Hickory Hill sits in southeast Memphis inside the City of Memphis, where the Memphis Police Department (MPD) handles municipal patrol and overnight man-down calls such as the one near Flowering Peach Drive and Mendenhall Road.
Police have not said whether the shooting is tied to other overnight violence in the Mid-South. A separate Hickory Hill crash involving a Memphis Police patrol vehicle also drew heavy attention Sunday, but that wreck is a different investigation from the Flowering Peach Drive shooting.
As of the first police updates, authorities had not announced an arrest in the Flowering Peach Drive case. Detectives typically canvass nearby homes, check for surveillance video, and review any 911 recordings as they try to identify who fired the shots and which direction a vehicle may have fled.
Residents in the immediate blocks around Flowering Peach Drive and Mendenhall Road may see extra patrols while scene work finishes. CrimeStoppers tips can stay anonymous, and police said they need witnesses who heard shots or saw activity after 12:34 a.m. Sunday.
