MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Two suspects wanted for shooting at a police officer were turned in Wednesday by their mother.
This all stems from an attempted traffic stop in Holly Springs early Tuesday morning.
Around 4:30 in the morning Tuesday, a Holly Springs police officer says he attempted to pull over a vehicle driving erratically with no headlights on.
After a brief pursuit, at least 2 shots were fired from the suspect’s vehicle.
“It was dangerous for the officers and any other pedestrian and anyone that was on that interstate at that time. That was a very dangerous situation,” said Holly Springs police chief Darryl Bowens.
Police immediately put out an alert to the
other law enforcement agencies for the suspects last seen driving on Interstate 22 towards Memphis.
A Marshall County sheriff’s deputy spotted the vehicle where the suspects ran into the woods.
The suspects were caught on a ring door camera shortly after the shooting and their images were released to the public.
About 24 hours later, the suspect’s mother turned both of her sons into police.
" I don’t play no games with them. If you want to do the crime you gotta do the time— Plain and simple,” said the mother shortly after turning her 17 and 18-year-old sons into police.
The mother said her sons told her that they are innocent and she’s hopeful that turning them in that it will clear their names.
“My child does not get in trouble. He don’t bother nobody. They don’t do nothing. All they do is play games. This is very new. This is very shocking,” said the mother.
Both of her sons have been charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, however, Holly Springs Police Chief Bowen would not officially release their names.
There is an additional person of interest in the case, at this time he has been questioned but not charged.
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lazilymade on April 9th, 2024 at 03:18 UTC »
Honestly good for her. Nothing enranges me the same way as watching court cases where delusional parents scream and cry "My baby didn't/couldn't/wouldn't do anything wrong!" when faced down with a stacks of evidence proving they did. These boys just got a terrifying lesson on actions having consequences, and I can only hope they'll reflect on this and realize that she's trying to stop them from going any further down the wrong path.
raquel8822 on April 9th, 2024 at 02:22 UTC »
Haha high five to that mom! She probably saved some lives by NOT enabling their behavior and turning them in.
Our city had a teenager kill 4 people after going 112mph through a red light. It was the THIRD CAR he’s destroyed in a year. His parents just kept buying him new fast cars after each nearly deadly accident. If they hadn’t enabled him those people would still be alive.
South_Oread on April 9th, 2024 at 02:13 UTC »
To get through it, sometimes you have to go through it. Running wasn’t gonna help and they might have gotten killed while apprehended.