Shooter’s girlfriend arrested as accomplice in deadly robbery, per affidavit

 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis Police Department has arrested and charged a woman in connection with a deadly shooting.

According to the affidavit, on August 4, officers responded to a shooting call on Faxon Avenue and Harrell Street.

When officers arrived, they located a male victim sitting in his Cadillac, suffering from gunshot wounds. The victim was pronounced dead on the scene.

The affidavit says that surveillance footage from a nearby business caught both suspects, Katira Johnson and Tomarrion Smith, on video. Smith, standing at the driver’s side door of the Cadillac, fired multiple shots into the vehicle, striking the victim.

They were both later seen rummaging through the victim’s car.

When Smith was taken into custody and informed police that Johnson was his girlfriend and that she called him to come to the location before the shooting.

Johnson is now facing charges for first-degree murder and first-degree murder during the perpetration of a robbery.

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