Two Indicted in Hickory Hill Homicide

July 19, 2021 – Two men who intervened with gunfire in a neighborhood argument last year have been indicted on first-degree murder in the death of one of the neighbors, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Defendants Tywaun Bonds, 30, and Deunte Stone, 21, are being held in the Shelby County Jail.

The incident occurred on March 18, 2020, in the 3700 block of Maple Leaf Cove where homeowner Jamorris Hope and another man were arguing. A black SUV then pulled up and two men stepped out and began shooting at Hope in his driveway.

Hope, 45, was struck several times in the legs, with one bullet severing a femoral artery. He was hospitalized in critical condition and died from his wounds weeks later on May 7.

Stone was arrested about a week after the shooting, while Bonds was arrested later on July 29.

The case is being handled by Asst. Dist. Atty. Kevin McAlpin of the District Attorney’s Special Prosecution Unit 7 which seeks maximum sentencing from repeat felony offenders.