MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police have issued an arrest warrant in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old boy on the Fourth of July in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Memphis Police Department said Thursday on social media that a warrant for first-degree murder and other charges has been issued in the death of Kelby Shorty. Police also are looking for two other people who authorities believe are connected to the shooting.
Family members said the boy had just finished watching fireworks with other children on the night of July 4 when shots rang out in the Klondike neighborhood of Memphis, news outlets reported.
Kelby was shot and he died on the scene. Two other people were shot but survived.
Andrea Willis, a relative of Kelby’s, told WMC-TV that he tried running away but wasn’t able to move quickly because was wearing a medical shoe.
Willis said Kelby was a “sweet little boy” who liked to play football, and eating hot chips and honey buns.