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The Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office has hired veteran defense attorney Lorna McClusky to head the office’s new conviction review unit, said Shelby County D.A. General Steve Mulroy.

Dear friends,

As of last week, I’ve been your District Attorney for just over a month – a period of time that has seen this community tested and tried in ways that were literally unthinkable during the campaign.

A bit more than a month into his tenure as Shelby County’s top law enforcement officer, District Attorney Steve Mulroy’s transition effort is into a new phase.

Shelby County Dist. Atty. Steve Mulroy and Memphis Police Department Chief C.J. Davis today unveiled plans for a collaborative Cold Case Unit. This Unit will aid law enforcement in the investigation and prosecution of unsolved homicide and violent sexual assault cases.

Ezekiel Kelly has been indicted on 26 additional charges related to the September 7th shooting spree, including two homicides, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Steve Mulroy.

A Cordova man accused of killing his girlfriend and then throwing their 2-day-old daughter into the Mississippi River earlier this year has been indicted in their deaths, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Steve Mulroy.

Two cousins convicted earlier this year in the 2018 shooting death of a 27-year-old man they confronted outside of a North Memphis convenience store were given lengthy prison sentences Friday, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

No criminal charges will be filed against law enforcement officers involved in three separate fatal shooting incidents of fleeing felons that occurred last year, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

An Orange Mound man who told police he walked to the home of an acquaintance in April and stabbed him for allegedly stealing his car was indicted Thursday on a count of first-degree murder, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Fox Meadows man was convicted Friday of raping an 81-year-old woman who lived in the same area and who had previously hired him to do yardwork and other chores, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 26-year-old man was convicted Friday in a 2017 robbery and shooting at a South Memphis home where one man was killed and his father was critically injured, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 29-year-old man was convicted Friday of robbing a woman of cash and cell phones in his North Shelby County home and then shooting her in the foot, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Memphis man who arranged a date with two women on line and then shot them both was convicted Friday on two counts of first-degree murder, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 28-year-old man convicted earlier this year of sexually assaulting a Frayser woman as she was returning home from work in 2017 was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Bartlett man who fatally stabbed a woman he had dated and her teenage son after breaking into their Scenic Hills home two weeks ago has been indicted on murder charges, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 22-year-old man captured on surveillance video shooting into another vehicle at an intersection in Whitehaven has been indicted in the death of a young man and the wounding of his aunt, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A man identified as the person who dropped off his critically wounded ex-girlfriend at a hospital emergency room last summer and drove away with their baby son in the car was indicted Tuesday in her death, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Criminal Court jury deliberated about an hour Sunday before convicting a 25-year-old man in the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend whose body he left on a North Memphis street corner in 2020, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Amy Weirich.