County Man Indicted in Homicide, Drug Case

Nov. 4, 2021 – A southeast Shelby County man has been indicted on murder, drug possession and other felony charges related to the shooting death earlier this year of another man, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

     A grand jury indicted Jeffery Q. Boyle, 31, on counts of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, employment of a firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony, unlawful possession of marijuana with intent to sell and deliver, and tampering with evidence. He is free on $125,000 bond.

    The incident occurred on April 12 this year in a subdivision near East Holmes Road and Riverdale Road.

    Shelby County Sheriff’s Office investigators said Boyle shot 30-year-old Reginald Palmer Jr. at a planned meeting spot in the 7200 block of Blue Grouse Lane. Palmer drove away, mortally wounded with a bullet in his side, and told his girlfriend in the front passenger seat to call 911.

   His car struck a curb and came to rest on a sidewalk in front of a nearby residence on Easterly Lane. Palmer was pronounced dead at the scene.

    During their investigation, deputies said, Boyle ran into the crime scene where the shooting occurred, picked up the cell phone he had dropped and ran from officers. He was arrested later that day at a residence in Cordova where deputies also recovered the cell phone, a pistol and seven baggies of marijuana.

    The case is being handled by Asst. Dist. Atty. Chris Whitten of the District Attorney’s Vertical Team 4 which prosecutes cases in General Sessions Division 12 and in Criminal Court Division 4.