Victims killed in Orange Mound block party shooting identified
UPDATE, April 22: Memphis Police say: 17-year-old male (deceased), 22-year-old male (deceased), 19-year-old male, 21-year-old male, 23-year-old male, 29-year-old male, 16-year-old female, 20-year-old female, and 20-year-old female.
Antonio Humphrey was identified by his grandmother on Monday as the 17-year-old victim killed in the shooting.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One of the victims from Saturday night’s shooting at Orange Mound Park has been identified as 22-year-old Chalmar Fason.
9 shot, 2 killed at Orange Mound Park in Memphis
Chalmar’s mother Jennifer Fason spoke with WREG on Sunday and shared an important warning for parents everywhere.
“If you don’t know where your kids are, keep in contact,” Jennifer Fason said. “Because it hurts when you lose them, it hurts bad.”
Chalmar’s loved ones told WREG that he was killed during a block party in Orange Mound. He was one of two people who died.
Seven others were injured, but police say they are all in stable condition.
Orange Mound residents react to block party shooting
His brother Penny Norris does not think Chalmar was the target and that people from other areas were the ones who caused the problems that led to the mass shooting.
“I don’t want nobody to make our hood look different or anything,” Norris said. “The first and second times we had block parties, none of this happened. That’s how you know it was outsiders.”
On Sunday, police announced that the reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible has been increased to $15,000.
If you have any information regarding this incident, call Memphis CrimeStoppers at 901-528-CASH.
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