6 Found Dead In Memphis Home

Two Children Among The Deceased; Three Other Youths Who Survived Shooting Hospitalized

(AP)  Police were trying Tuesday to piece together the violent events inside a brick home where six people were found dead in an apparent mass shooting. Three children who survived the attack were hospitalized.

The home in the working-class neighborhood about six miles from downtown Memphis was still cordoned off with police tape more than 12 hours after officers first burst in Monday night and found the bodies of four adults and two children. Most victims had been shot, authorities said, and at least one child had been stabbed.

Police released few details, saying only that the case was being investigated as a homicide. They did not say whether the killer was among the victims or still at large.

The shootings stunned community members, many of whom gathered at the nearby First Baptist Church for a prayer service Tuesday morning. Pastor Keith Norman said the grandfather of one of the victims was a member of the congregation.

Members hoped the prayer service would help residents find peace.

"This is a breach in our community, and we as a church are the repairers of that breach," church member Cheri Wells said. "I feel a sense of vulnerability, I feel pain and hurt. ... Our peace has been snatched from us."

Authorities did not release names of the victims, but the Shelby County medical examiner was performing autopsies on the victims Tuesday morning.

Children ages 7 and 4 and a 10-month-old baby were taken to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis Fire Department spokeswoman Melanie Young told The Associated Press. She did have details about the other victims, but police told the newspaper all the children were under the age of 12.

The Commercial Appeal reported that one of the children had been upgraded to stable condition Monday night and another upgraded to critical while the third remained in extremely critical condition. Hospital spokeswoman Jennilyn Utkov told The Associated Press the family has requested that no information be released on the children's conditions.

Authorities were first called to the house by a relative who knocked on the door around 6 p.m. Monday but did not get an answer.

Wayne Bolden, who lives across the street from the scene of the shooting, said that a man who lived in the house periodically fired shots in the yard.

"He'd shoot on the 4th of July and New Year's Eve," Bolden said. "He'd have company over and I'd hear the shots."

He said the family there kept to themselves, but he would see four or five children from the house riding bicycles occasionally.

While neighbors described the shootings as unusual, the Binghamton neighborhood does experience gang- and drug-related violence. Early Tuesday morning, even as police investigated the six deaths, two men were critically injured in a robbery and shooting in another part of the neighborhood.

Rob Robinson, who owns the brick, single-family home where the shootings occurred, told The Commercial Appeal the house was rented, and that a man, his girlfriend, a baby, and at least one other child lived there.

"They were very nice, very polite to me," Robinson said, adding that the man paid $550 in cash every month for rent. "It's kind of surprising, actually. I've never had any trouble with them, no damage to the property. They paid their rent and even helped with repairs and stuff."

Robinson said the man living at the home had problems with a former girlfriend. "When I was over there, there were a lot of heated conversations over the phone," he said.

Neighbors said there had been a disturbance over the weekend, and a woman was outside the home, blowing her car horn.

[gunnerv1]

SchoolLIAR (or whatever it is now)
I am your worst nightmare.
I am everything that you hate.
I am a Gun Owner.
I am an American Fighting Man.
I am a Middle Class Conservative and,
I vote Gun issues.
I donate to the Politican of my choice,
not party.
I count myself among the Brave Men and Women
of this Great Nation that will stand up and
fight for what is right.
I will fight for my Fellow Man.
I will fight for those who are weak and tired.
I will fight for my Country and its causes.
I will fight for the Colors of this Free Nation.
I hope that the 50 Stars and 13 Stripes remain,
but I despair that there may soon be a New Flag
over these 50 states.
Long live Free

[tomanyt]

Unless you are related to or know these people, does it really make a difference in your life. Probably not. Next story please.

[smilee_face]

This Story is really Sad!

[erasmus6]

"I really hate god and any thing to do with it. I wish pilgrimsway1 would stop posting this offensive religous bull $hit." posted by cbscrash07

I don''t hate God but I also wish that pilgrimsway would stop his/hers OBSESSIVE postings.

When you see obsessive postings like this, they come across as mentally ill.

[Syndicate]

I really hate god and any thing to do with it. I wish pilgrimsway1 would stop posting this offensive religous bull $hit.

[bm6005]

ms38654ob

Far out chance but does the MS stand for Mark Schn...

[cyberus-2009]

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"once the police are all armed I wouldn''''''''t be surprised to see brits start demanding access to guns for self-defense." posted by cyberus

Why? To protect themselves from the police?

Once they all start getting guns they will end up just like you, having more people to protect themselves from.
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No .. actually to protect themselves from the people that the police are arming themselves against.

[cyberus-2009]

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Gun banning won''''t work. I asked years ago what they would do if such a ban were to be placed. The man told me *We build them*. They banned booze- They made their own and plus the booze wert underground. The govt made it legal again and taxed it.

Posted by MichelleM99 at 03:47 PM : Mar 04, 2008
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To add to that .. Britain has started to issue guns to the previously unarmed bobbies since gun crime is rising, the chunnel has removed made illegal guns more available ... once the police are all armed I wouldn''t be surprised to see brits start demanding access to guns for self-defense.
As to the concept of *building guns* I don''t see why that would be necessary, tons of drugs and millions of people cross the borders every year and I''m sure criminals would be happy to expand their markets.

[usbrit-2009]

USBrit One if by land two if by sea and three if by Liberal

Posted by gunnerv1

They''d probably have used four for me then!! Gotta sign off - have a great evening and, if you do such things, say an extra prayer for the surviving kids from this story - they''re going to need it.

[yongamerica]

Elvis was crying about what he witnessed.

[yongamerica]

Elvis watched the whole thing

[gunnerv1]

USBrit One if by land two if by sea and three if by Liberal

[usbrit-2009]

gunnerv - 1) I don''t see the Royal Navy entering Boston Harbor with the intent of "winning the Colonies back" any time soon.

2) While we do appreciate the fact that y''all did finally join in WWI and WWII, we find it somewhat belittling of you to carry on teaching that those conflicts only lasted from 1917-18 and 1942-45 rather than 14-18 and 39-45 which you would realize are the true dates if you''d shown up for the first half.

3) I admit that dumping arms and scuttling the German navy at the end of WWI was a little short sighted, however, remember that was "The War to End All Wars" and at the time this little snot named Hitler was merely a corporal in a beaten army.

4) Also remember the only reason you won your Skirmish of Independance is that we didn''t try very hard and you all cheated. (LOL)

[chad55555]

You can bet your last cent,it will get worse as more people lose their jobs,lose their homes and family falls apart.Who do we blame ? our leaders for letting everyone in to this country,because we can''t secure the boarder our because Christians accept anything and everything,should read their bible and UNDERSTAND it. AMUSLIM TRAINED BLACK MIGHT BE OUR NEXT LEADER,THAT DOES NOT SAY MUCH FOR SO CALLED CHRISTIANS IN THIS COUNTRY.LOOK AT AFRICA AND MEXICO YOU WILL SEE AMERICA''S FUTURE,THAT''S WHAT THE RICH AND POLITIANS WANT,THAT WAY THEIR RICHER AND MORE IN CONTROL. SOMETHING NOT RIGHT WITH CHRISTIANS IN TODAYS WORLD,THEY SEEM TO FORGOT WHAT GOD THEY SERVE AND HOW THEY ARE TO SERVE.
EVEN THE ELITE WILL BE DECEIVED IN THE END DAYS. GUESS IT''S TRUE.HAS ANYONE NOTICED THIS COUNTRY WAS GREAT WHEN WE KNEW AND SERVED OUR CHRISTIAN GOD BUT IN THE LAST 40 YEARS WE HAVE DECLINED TO A JOKE AROUND THE WORLD BECAUSE WE ACCEPT EVERYTHING AND TURNED OUR BACKS ON THE GOD THT STARTED THIS COUNTRY.

[michellem99-2009]

Gun banning won''t work. I asked years ago what they would do if such a ban were to be placed. The man told me *We build them*. They banned booze- They made their own and plus the booze wert underground. The govt made it legal again and taxed it.

[fraiserc]

I live just outside of Memphis and work in the downtown area. Though this can and sometimes does happen elsewhere, the situation in Memphis is particularly dire. City leadership is incompetent and/or corrupt and citizen concern is very low. Unless you really like Elvis, if you were thinking about coming here as a tourist, don''t bother, IMO.

The city is obsessed with sports and tourism and is seemingly uniterested in making the city livable, which is why so many Memphians who grew up here and loved it have moved away.

[gunnerv1]

USBrit We in America are citizens, Those in Great Britain are SUBJECTS. I think I''ll stay in America

[gunnerv1]

USBrit-It''s because of the country that you admire (land of horse faces and buck teeth) that we have firearms. Why is it that everytime Great Britain got into deep s*hit, we had to supply them with weapons (both World Wars) because they, in their infinite wisdom dumped them into the sea. PS go and live there, don''t try to change my country.

[usbrit-2009]

Posted by czhnder at 03:03 PM : Mar 04, 20

Anyone care to tackle this? If it is true, then gun banning may not be the answer.

Posted by deemsnyd at 03:22 PM

czhnder - welcome to the US. If you don''t mind telling us - where are you from?

[michellem99-2009]

My friend has the news on and they were telling us about this here in Seattle. This is worse today than when I was young. We never had this happen back then. This goes on due to the fact that parents and now their kids grew up. They think the gun shootings is the way to go when it is not. Lock the bloody gun up and don''t allow access to it. This is why. Now 3 children do not have their parents/sisters and brothers. I did not grow up with guns. I am sad that they kill and it is worse TODAY. We don''t see eye to eye on every thing but ye don''t fly in a rage and kill.