Shootout at Dyersburg’s smoke shop leaves 2 men dead
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two men are dead after a confrontation led to a shootout at the M.K. Smoke Shop on the Highway 51 bypass in Dyersburg, Tennessee on Saturday.
Dyersburg Police Chief Thomas Langford released the names of the victims to the Dyersburg State Gazette newspaper. The two victims were identified as 22-year-old Jaheim Brown and 23-year-old Mekhi Benson, both of Dyersburg.
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According to the newspaper, Chief Langford said security camera video showed Brown was in the business making a purchase when Benson entered the store.
That is when Brown and Benson got into an argument.
Benson drew a gun and fired shots while Brown also fired shots before leaving the store.
“Sounded like I heard three of them when they shot the window out and I heard three more shots and that’s when they killed each other,” said Lonnie Baker who lives near the smoke shop.
Baker says one victim died in the store and the other died in the parking lot a few feet from the entrance.
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“People came by looking at them. I bet fifteen, or twenty people stopped, came out, and looked at the body and everything. I don’t know why,” Baker said. “You don’t never know. You have to be careful where you go or what you do, you know.”
The owner of M.K. Smoke Shop declined to talk about the incident, but a worker said both men were regular customers.
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