Investigators said one teen was wounded and several others ran into a nearby house after the shots were fired.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis police arrested a 16-year-old boy after a Monday afternoon shooting in Binghampton that wounded another teen, sending a group of young people running into a nearby home as officers searched the neighborhood for the suspected gunman.
The case unfolded on a neighborhood corner and ended with an arrest at a nearby house, according to police. Investigators said the shooting happened near Yale Avenue and Carpenter Street, where several teens had gathered. One of them was hit and taken to the hospital, while the suspect was later found less than a half-mile away. Police have not released the suspect’s name because of his age.
Police said officers responded just before 5 p.m. Monday to a shooting call in the 2800 block of Yale Avenue. Inside a house there, officers found a teen who had been shot. The victim told police he and five other teens had been standing at Yale Avenue and Carpenter Street when the suspect began firing. According to that account, the suspect first fired into the air before turning the gun toward the group. After the victim was struck, he and four other teens ran into the home for safety. Investigators said the suspect was on foot. Emergency crews took the wounded teen to Regional One Health, where he was listed in noncritical condition.
Police said the scene extended beyond the house where the victim was found. Officers went to the nearby intersection and recovered pistol shell casings, evidence that helped place the shooting at the corner described by the teens. They also interviewed the victim’s mother, who said she and her six children were inside the house when the teens rushed in and said someone had opened fire on them. That detail sharpened the sense of how close the violence came to other people in the home. Officers took the five teens in for questioning while investigators worked to pin down the suspect’s location and piece together the sequence of events.
Authorities said they later traced the suspect to a house less than a half-mile from where the shots were fired. Officers found the 16-year-old there and took him into custody. He was charged with attempted first-degree murder, four counts of aggravated assault, employment of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony and reckless endangerment. Those charges indicate police believe more than one teen was placed at risk during the shooting, not only the victim who was hit. Even with the arrest, major questions remain unanswered. Police have not described a motive, said whether the gun was recovered or explained what happened between the suspect and the group before the shooting began.
The reported facts show how quickly a street encounter can spill into nearby homes in a tight neighborhood. Binghampton has long been a closely built part of Memphis, with homes and intersections sitting within a few steps of one another. In that setting, gunfire does not stay contained to the people at the center of a conflict. It reaches families inside houses and neighbors who may hear the shots before they know what happened. In this case, the teens’ flight into the home and the mother’s statement to officers became part of the early picture investigators used to understand how many people were exposed to danger.
The case is now expected to move from the initial arrest stage into court processing and continued police investigation. Because the suspect is a juvenile, officials have not released his identity, and public information may remain limited in the early stages. Police also have not said whether any additional arrests are possible or whether investigators believe others were present when the shooting started. What is clear from the reported timeline is that the incident moved fast: shots were fired near a corner, one teen was wounded, several others fled to a house, and officers soon made an arrest nearby.
Author note: Last updated March 11, 2026.