Man indicted in deadly dice game shooting

Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 2:51 PM CDT
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A 29-year-old man has been indicted in the shooting deaths of two men and the wounding of another following a dice game this summer in Binghampton, according to Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Terrell Jones was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, especially aggravated robbery, and employment of a firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony.

The shootings happened on Nathan Avenue near Scott Street where a backyard dice game was breaking up in the early-morning hours of July 13.

A witness said that when most of the players had left, Jones pulled a gun on the several who remained. He shot two of them multiple times and wounded a third man who said he survived by playing dead. After the shootings, Jones went through the victims' pockets and took cash.

The victims who were killed were identified as 36-year-old James Brown and 25-year-old James Smith. The third victim, who was 38, was shot in the wrist.

Jones was developed as a suspect and was arrested on July 29 in the 2700 block of North Watkins by the U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force.

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