Incident

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1-27-2021 Tennessee Memphis 1-1

Location

January 27, 2021

136 E McKellar Ave
Memphis, Tennessee

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Dewayne Butler
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Friends
Name: Zavonne Bell
Age: 19
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Death
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
Thought gun was unloaded
Playing with gun

Notes

South Memphis, man shot died; originally believed vic shot self, sub told authorities in March that he had accidentally shot vic

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://wreg.com/news/memphis-police-investigating-deadly-shooting-in-south-memphis-2/

URL: https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2021/01/28/mpd-investigating-deadly-south-memphis-shooting/

URL: https://wreg.com/news/memphis-man-arrested-after-accidentally-shooting-friend-in-the-head/

URL: https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/records-man-behind-bars-after-accidentally-shooting-friend/RQN7TG2EKZC4NN4UYIGN3LQMPE/

District

Congressional District: 9
State Senate District: 29
State House District: 86