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Nearly six years after a business leader was gunned down in Downtown Memphis, his family got to face the final man responsible for his death.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When the pandemic hit, criminal court shut down and thousands of cases were put on hold. Four years later, Shelby county is still digging itself out of a giant backlog. One of those cases is the fatal shooting of 8-year-old Jordyn Washington, which happened in November 2020. Police say Cedric Conley fired […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When the pandemic hit, criminal court shut down and thousands of cases were put on hold. Four years later, Shelby county is still digging itself out of a giant backlog. One of those cases is the fatal shooting of 8-year-old Jordyn Washington, which happened in November 2020. Police say Cedric Conley fired […]

McKinney Wright entered a plea deal in Phil Trenary's shooting death. The plea comes 5 years after the shooting, and Wright was sentenced to 25 years.

“I do think it merits some questioning from the governing bodies as to what’s going on," the Memphis lawyer said.

“We have thousands and thousands and we only try in good years, dozens of cases,” said Josh Spickler, Executive Director of Just City.

The men accused of shooting late Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary in 2018 will stand trial in early December.