Shooter Indicted in Death of Teen

Oct. 11, 2021 – An apartment resident who fired at several young car burglars earlier this year has been indicted on counts of voluntary manslaughter and convicted felon with a handgun, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

    A grand jury returned the indictments against Cameran Leatherwood, 25, who was convicted in 2015 of aggravated assault and attempted robbery, felonies that prohibited him from owning firearms.

   He is being held in the Shelby County Jail.

   The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. on April 5 at 2778 Madison Ave. in an apartment complex parking lot. Investigators said four teens in a stolen truck were breaking into a Dodge Charger when the alleged owner, Leatherwood, began shooting at them from the second floor of a nearby apartment building.

    The teens ran back to the truck which was hit by several of the gunshots, including one that broke a rear window as they were leaving and struck 17-year-old Omyus Brown in the head. The 15-year-old driver said he did not realize Brown had been hit until about 25 minutes later, when he then sought help from a relative in Frayser.

    First responding paramedics found Brown on the back seat floorboard where he was pronounced dead around 11:16 p.m.

    The case is being handled by Felony Asst. Melissa Harris of the District Attorney’s Vertical Team 1 which prosecutes cases in General Sessions Division 7 and in Criminal Court Division 1.