Last Friday, what should have been quiet hours for workers and late-day shoppers turned into a moment of alarm at Know It All Market on 2885 Park Avenue. According to a statement by the Memphis Police Department, an aggravated assault erupted inside the business when a suspect, armed and audacious, pointed a gun, laser-activated, at an employee. The time was precisely 5:24 p.m. – a moment now etched in the store’s history and the minds of those present.
The suspect’s description was detailed by the Memphis Police Department: a Black male sporting a short afro, donning a black hoodie and grey pants. The report did not specify what quickly led up to the incident, nor did it immediately reveal if any demands or words were exchanged between the suspect and the victim. Nonetheless, it was a situation designed to intimidate, to wield control through the ominous red dot of a laser and the barrel of a gun…