MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A West Memphis man has been sentenced to a little more than eight years in federal prison after he was arrested for a 2023 shooting.
According to the West Memphis Police Department, 21-year-old Jaylen Atkins was sentenced to 103 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a 2024 federal indictment. The sentencing was held on Wednesday.
Atkins was the suspect in a December 2023 shooting that injured one man and left a child “shot multiple times.” According to West Memphis Police, witnesses described the gunfire as “rapid”…