Frayser Shooting Leads to Indictment

April 8, 2021 – A 21-year-old man who allegedly began shooting when an acquaintance refused to sell him a gun has been indicted on first-degree murder and other felony charges, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A grand jury also indicted defendant Jayten Galloway on counts of attempted first-degree murder and employment of a firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony. He is in custody in the Shelby County Jail.

The shooting occurred on July 29, 2019, following a brief meeting between Galloway and two other men seated in a car in the 2700 block of North Trezevant Street in Frayser.

Investigators said that when 23-year-old Keniya Johnson refused to sell a gun that Galloway wanted, the defendant shot him and a 26-year-old companion who was in the driver’s seat. Both were struck multiple times.

The companion drove to a fire station in the 2500 block of Whitney to report the shooting and to seek help.

Galloway was arrested a short time later.

The case is being handled by Asst. Dist. Atty. Doug Carriker of the District Attorney’s Crime Strategies and Narcotics Prosecution Unit which incorporates and expands the work of the Multi-Agency Gang Unit, the Organized Crime Unit, Project Safe Neigborhoods/GunDone, GunStat, the Safe Streets Task Force and the Violent Crime Unit.