Deadly Shootout Leads to Multiple Indictments

 Nov. 5, 2021 – Three men have been indicted on multiple felony counts related to an attempted robbery last November near the airport that resulted in gunfire that left two men dead and three others critically wounded, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

    A grand jury indicted Cornelius Ward, 21, Kobe Westbrooks, 21, and Marcus Greer, 22 on felony counts of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, attempted especially aggravated robbery, employment of a firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony, and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon.

    Ward and Westbrooks are free on $95,000 bond each. Greer, who was arrested in July, is being held in the Shelby County Jail.

   The incident occurred shortly before 10 p.m. on Nov. 29, 2020, at an apartment in the 3400 block of Metropolitan Circle off of Winchester Road near Old Getwell Road.

   Investigators said several men entered the apartment with guns and one told the occupants to “drop it off.” Multiple gunshots then were exchanged, striking five people. When police arrived they found victim Javon Cork, 28, dead in the kitchen area, and two others in the apartment who were critically wounded.

   Near the front door of the apartment, Christopher Hudson, 31, who was identified as a suspect, was found dead from gunshot wounds. Suspect Ward also sustained gunshot wounds and was dropped off at a hospital by private vehicle.

   Ward and Westbrooks were identified and charged soon after the shootings. Greer was developed as a suspect and was taken into custody after a traffic stop in July of this year.

   The case is being handled by Chief Prosecutor Kirby May of the District Attorney’s Vertical Team 5 which prosecutes cases in General Sessions Division 13 and in Criminal Court Division 9.