In the spring of 2016, a young man's life was tragically cut short in a violent encounter in Southwest Memphis. Terry Figgs, a 25-year-old male, was in the 1800 block of Farrington on May 11, 2016, when he was shot multiple times. The fatal shooting occurred in the yard of a home, where he was pronounced dead. The motive for the attack appeared to be robbery, as the assailant fled the scene with Figgs's duffle bag.
Witnesses at the scene identified the shooter as a man they knew by the
nickname 'Hood.' This information led Memphis police to identify their suspect as 20-year-old Timmie Cooperwood. Following an investigation that included witnesses identifying him in a police photo lineup, Cooperwood was arrested in early August of that year. He was subsequently charged with first-degree murder in the perpetration of theft.
Despite the arrest and the serious charges leveled against him, the legal path forward in the case of Terry Figgs's death is not publicly documented. While Timmie Cooperwood was taken into custody for his alleged role in the homicide, information regarding a trial, conviction, or sentencing in this specific case is unavailable in the provided online sources.
In a separate and later incident, the same Timmie Cooperwood was the subject of a manhunt in late 2020. He was wanted for the first-degree murder of Shandka Harvell, which occurred on October 6, 2020, in Memphis. Cooperwood was apprehended by U.S. Marshals in St. Cloud, Minnesota, in December 2020. At the time of this second arrest, he was also wanted on a litany of other charges, including Aggravated Assault, Convicted Fugitive in Possession of a Handgun, Aggravated Stalking, Employing a Firearm with intent to commit a Felony, and Aggravated Burglary.
