Former Main Event security guard sentenced to 30 years in coworker’s killing

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – A former security guard has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the fatal shooting of another guard at a Cordova entertainment venue.

Richard Lewis pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced Monday in Shelby County Criminal Court in the death of James Earl Redmon. Both men were working as security guards at Main Event when the shooting happened in July 2024.

Memphis police said the shooting followed an argument between the two men, who had known each other for several years. Officers responding to the entertainment center on Appling Farms Parkway found Redmon dead at the scene…

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