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Malik Smith

Case from Memphis, TN dated May 05, 2022

Victim Details

Malik Smith

Male

Black / African American

Memphis

TN

2022-05-05

25

Malik

Smith

07/16/2026

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In a quiet neighborhood in southeast Shelby County, the life of 25-year-old Malik Smith was abruptly ended on the afternoon of Thursday, May 5, 2022. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene, inside a home on Quail Crest Lane, the victim of a fatal shooting. Investigators with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office were called to the residence around noon, where they discovered Smith on the kitchen floor.

The investigation into the homicide quickly pointed to a robbery gone wrong. Detectiv ...
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  • WREG.com: One dead after Southeast Shelby County shooting
  • https://www.actionnews5.com: One shot, killed in Shelby County homicide
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