MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Safe Task Force has arrested a teenager in connection with the fatal shooting of a two-year-old boy in an Orange Mound neighborhood six months ago.
Jalen Thomas was charged with two counts of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, one count of criminal attempt first-degree murder, one count of first-degree murder, and one count of employing a firearm with intent to commit a felony.
On April 11, 2025, Jamarion Payne was gunned down in the 700 block of Josephine Street.
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His mother said the toddler was playing basketball outside his grandmother’s house with his uncle when someone opened fire.
Kermiracle Futrell was four months pregnant when her son was killed. She said she didn’t know the people who shot her son and was relieved when she learned Thomas had been arrested…