Memphis police arrested a 20-year-old man after a lengthy crime spree on Sunday that included a carjacking, a murder, and at least two other shootings.
Courdairon Craft was caught Sunday afternoon after a foot pursuit and charged with first-degree murder, especially aggravated robbery, carjacking, two counts of agravated child abuse, and two counts of evading arrest, according to WREG.
Details on the child abuse charges were not made available.
Memphis police said he may face more charges when the investigation is complete. Police said Craft was out of jail on a $100,000 bond after being charged with attempted murder and especially aggravated robbery.
The spree began Sunday morning when officers responded to a carjacking in the parking lot of Center Chapel Missionary Baptist church just after 10 a.m., WMC reported. From there, Craft reportedly went to a store in the same block, where he allegedly shot and killed an 18-year-old man.
From there, Craft reportedly drove to another location, where shots were fired, but no injuries were reported. A few blocks away, he allegedly shot at least two people.
He was finally captured at about 3:45 p.m., just a few miles from where the spree took place.
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy blamed a criminal court judge for giving Craft bail.
“In respect bail, we are going to impose any bond that does not in our view adequately reflect public safety,” he said. “Different judicial commissioners are going to consider public safety as a factor to determine the bail. To me public safety is always a relevant consideration in a bail determination. We are going to insist in on these cases.”
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[Featured image: Courdairon Craft/Shelby County Jail]
