Incident

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11-21-2022 Tennessee Memphis 1-1

Location

November 21, 2022

2737 Curtis St
Memphis, Tennessee

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Takiyah Nelson
Age: 16
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Female
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Friends
Age: 13
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Female
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

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

Notes

teen shot when gun friends were passing around inside home went off, later died

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://wreg.com/news/local/teen-injured-in-parkway-village-shooting-one-detained/

URL: https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/11/22/teen-succumbs-injuries-after-shooting-parkway-village/

URL: https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/crime/2022/11/24/memphis-police-shooting-death-teen-killed-charged/69675642007/

URL: https://wreg.com/news/local/gun-safe-memphis/13-year-old-girl-charged-in-fatal-shooting-of-teen/?ipid=promo-link-block1

District

Congressional District: 9
State Senate District: 33
State House District: 87