Two Indicted in Fatal Shooting of Motorcyclist

July 6, 2021 – Two Memphis men have been indicted on first-degree murder and other felony counts related to the fatal shooting of a motorcyclist and the wounding of his passenger last December in the Fox Meadows area of southeast Memphis, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A grand jury indicted Jesus Cintron-Rodriguez, 27, and Cortez Parker, 28, on additional counts of attempted first-degree murder and employment of a firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony. Parker also was indicted on facilitation to commit first-degree murder for allegedly supplying the weapon. Cintron-Rodriguez is being held on $1 million bond. Parker is free on $10,000 bond.

The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 22, 2020, at 7535 Winchester Road near Bill Morris Parkway (Tenn. Hwy. 385) after the defendants waited in a dark-colored sedan in a parking lot for the victims who were shopping in Walmart.

Video surveillance showed the sedan with Cintron-Rodriguez and passenger Parker follow the victims – Rolando Machado, 23, and his girlfriend – as they left the parking lot on the motorcycle. Investigators said Cintron-Rodriguez then rolled down the driver’s window and fired several shots, striking Machado multiple times.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. His girlfriend, 28, was shot in the right knee and sustained a grazing wound in the buttocks. The suspects, who fled eastbound on Winchester, were identified, charged and arrested two days later.

The case is being handled by Senior Felony Asst. Neil Umsted and Asst. Dist. Atty. Forrest Edwards of the District Attorney’s Vertical Team 3 which prosecutes cases in General Sessions Division 11 and in Criminal Court Division 3.