Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph said 19-year-old Ezekiel Kelly was arrested after 9 p.m. in the Whitehaven neighborhood. That was about two hours after police sent out an alert saying a man driving a blue Infiniti was responsible for multiple shootings in the city. Police said he later switched vehicles to a gray Toyota SUV. It was not immediately known if anyone was killed. Police said they recorded his actions on Facebook. The University of Memphis sent a message to students saying there had been a shooting near campus. Rhodes College, which is about 4 miles from the university, advised students on and off campus to evacuate in place. The area where Kelly was arrested was about 11 miles from the University of Memphis and about 12 miles from Rhodes College. “If you don’t need to be outside, stay indoors until this is resolved,” Memphis police said on Twitter, before the arrest. Rudolph told WMC-TV that police did not know a motive for the shooting. Anyone with information was asked to call 911. Memphis has recently been rocked by several high-profile murders in recent weeks, including the shooting of a pastor during a carjacking on her street, the shooting of an activist during a dispute over money, and the killing of a woman who was kidnapped while out jogging before the dawn. Court records show in February 2020, Kelly, then 17, was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, use of a firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon. The circumstances of the case were not immediately known. Records show he pleaded guilty to three years in prison. It was not immediately known how much of the sentence he served.
