Tragedy struck in the Westwood area of Southwest Memphis when a 14-year-old girl was critically injured in a shooting incident on Wednesday afternoon, officials reported. The Memphis Police Department (MPD), answering a call about the episode at 4:07 p.m., found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound in the bedroom of a residence on the 3500 block of Ashford Road—a locality tethered between Horn Lake and West Mitchell Roads. According to Action News 5, the girl was rapidly transported to a hospital in dire condition.
Amid the unfolding scene, the teen had just returned from a local store, accompanied by her 15-year-old boyfriend, before the shots rang out. A 911 caller explained hearing the gunfire. In a separate account provided by a witness to the MPD, moments before the shooting occurred, a man in all black was seen knocking on the home’s door and, upon receiving no answer, returning to the street and fired the shots, as reported by FOX13 Memphis.
The boy, meanwhile, contended with old grudges that day, having argued with a familiar face at the market. A previous fight severed their contact in the months leading up to the incident. The 15-year-old now faces charges including theft of property and unlawful possession of a weapon, the consequences of youthful altercations spun into the criminal justice system. The specific details of these charges have not yet been expounded upon in the initial reports…