MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office has announced that the man who’d been caught on video with a weapon at the Criminal Justice Center has been arrested.
The announcement came from Chief Deputy Anthony Buckner during a press conference on Saturday afternoon.
The suspect has been identified as 23-year-old Dedrick Patterson.
On Thursday, a video showing a man armed with a gun inside the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center circulated on social media.
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On Friday afternoon, SCSO released photos of the man they believe is responsible for the video. The photos show a man wearing a black mask navigating around the metal detectors in a wheelchair.
“I mean, I think it’s just another example why we need to go ahead and build a new jail. If you go through that security system at the jail, it’s outdated, it’s old. I’m not surprised somebody was able to get something through. But it’s no excuse because we need to allocate money to rebuild this jail, get them a better safety and security system, so that incidents like that won’t happen again,” said Senator London Lamar (D-Memphis)…