Concerned Citizen Indicted as Killer

June 2, 2022 – A Westwood man who drove a mortally wounded friend to a fire station for help last year was indicted Tuesday for the man’s death, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Bretrue Jackson, 41, was indicted by a grand jury on felony counts of second-degree murder and convicted felon in possession of a handgun. He is being held on a bond of $1 million.

The incident occurred the afternoon of Nov. 24, 2021, when Jackson arrived at a Memphis fire station in the 3900 block of Weaver Road with a 36-year-old victim of multiple gunshot wounds. The victim, Michael Pegg, was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators said Jackson told paramedics that he found the wounded man slumped in a car Weaver Road at Western Park in southwest Memphis and realized he needed emergency help. Police, however, could find no evidence of a crime scene or any neighbors who heard gunshots in the area.

About a week later, two witnesses told police that on the day of the killing Jackson and Pegg had gotten into an argument at an automobile salvage yard on South Third. One witness said he heard three gunshots, while the other said Jackson told him he shot Pegg during an argument, then drove him to the fire station pretending to be a concerned citizen.

The case is being handled by Asst. Dist. Atty. Brad Reasonover of the District Attorney’s Vertical Team 3 which prosecutes cases in General Sessions Division 11 and in Criminal Court Division 3.