MEMPHIS, Tenn. — UPDATE 7/27/2021 - Memphis Police said the man who tried to reenter Oak Court Mall with a rifle after a fight turned himself in to investigators.
Melvin Scott is charged with attempted aggravated assault, evading arrest, tampering with evidence, and more.
According to the police affidavit, Scott turned himself in to the Tillman precinct Monday morning. In the affidavit, police said Scott told them he was at the mall Sunday with a friend who got into a fight with another man. As the fight continued, Scott told police - according to the affidavit - that he ran to his car and got a semi-automatic rifle from the trunk, and went back inside. At that time, Scott said mall security told him police were on the way, so he ran. In the report, Scott told officers he threw the rifle into a field.
Investigators said a search of the field near the golf course at Cherry Road and Oak Court Drive turned up a loaded AM 15 rifle with a 30 round magazine.
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7/25/2021 - Memphis Police are looking for a man who tried to reenter the Oak Court Mall with an assault rifle Sunday after being involved in a fight inside.
According to the Memphis Police Department, the man got into an argument inside the mall just before 6pm. A man involved in the fight left the mall and then tried to come back inside with an assault rifle. Police described the man with the weapon as a black man with gold hair, with light blue jeans armed with an assault rifle.
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