PA Bill Number: HB1371
Title: Providing for duties of certifying officials and certifying agencies regarding the processing of certification form petitions.
Description: An Act providing for duties of certifying officials and certifying agencies regarding the processing of certification form petitions.
Last Action: Removed from table
Last Action Date: Jun 28, 2024
Tennessee Self-Defense: DA's office clears vehicle owner in Kroger gas station shooting - it's ruled justified :: 09/24/2020
Local prosecutors have cleared a vehicle owner who fired shots during what authorities have described as an attempted carjacking at a Kroger gas station this week. Police have said the man shot and wounded one of the people trying to steal the vehicle and killed a second, a 16-year-old.
An arrest affidavit filed in the case says the vehicle owner, Terry Thompson, told police that an assailant pointed a gun at him during the incident and that he opened fire in return. An attorney for Thompson described it as a matter of self-defense.
"It’s been reviewed and ruled justified," Larry Buser, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office, said in an email Thursday afternoon.
Sixteen-year-old Cameron Pryor was killed, police have said.
Willie Murry, 18, was shot in the foot, received medical treatment, and now faces charges of carjacking and other counts.
The shooting at the gas station prompted additional attention because of the time of day: a sunny afternoon — and the location, a heavily trafficked shopping center at the intersection of Kirby Parkway and Poplar Avenue, in an affluent area near the line between East Memphis and Germantown.
Investigative reporter Daniel Connolly welcomes tips and comments from the public. Reach him at 529-5296, daniel.connolly@commercialappeal.com, or on Twitter at @danielconnolly.
