Teen shoots older adult brother during fight over food, MPD says

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A 16-year-old boy was arrested after he allegedly shot his older adult brother during a fight over food late Sunday night in East Memphis, police said.

According to the Memphis Police Department (MPD), officers were called just before midnight for a domestic assault at the Legacy of Lynnfield Apartments near St. Francis Hospital. The brothers’ dad told officers that his sons were fighting over food and he later heard a gunshot.

The father said the 16-year-old shot his brother because “he ate his food up.”…

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