MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A public defender has been assigned to the case against a man charged in a June barricade situation in Cordova.
Brian Case, 49, was indicted Sept. 14, 2023, on charges of criminal attempt second degree murder, employing a firearm during the commission of dangerous felony, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, domestic assault, reckless endangerment, and convicted felon in possession of a firearm. A public defender was assigned at the arraignment on Sept. 26.
The Shelby County Sheriff's Office said it all began about 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in the 1200 block of Breezy Valley Dr. near Macon Rd. east of N. Houston Levee Rd. They said two people were believed to be inside a residence, one of them possibly armed and barricaded inside.
SWAT and negotiators responded to the scene, and people were evacuated from nearby homes as a precaution.
Investigators said the barricade ended peacefully just after 11:30 p.m. and Case was taken into custody. They said the other person in the home was safe.
Case remains in the Shelby County Jail on $100,000 bond.