Police Report

12-year-old shot in arm, in stable condition

A 12-year-old boy was in stable condition after he was shot by a 13-year-old during horseplay with a gun, Shelby County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Earle Farrell said.

The shooting happened on Riggory Cove in southeast Shelby County, near Hacks Cross Road and the Mississippi state line.

A group of boys were apparently playing with a gun that they found under a mother’s mattress, Farrell said. The bullet went through the 12-year-old’s left arm and he was taken to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.

Farrell said authorities had detained the 13-yearold, that the child would be brought to Juvenile Court and that the shooting would probably be ruled nonintentional.

“The upshot of all this — if you’ve got weapons, make sure they’re locked up,” Farrell said.

U of Memphis issues alert after robbery

The University of Memphis sent out a safety alert early Friday following a late-night armed robbery near the campus.

The university said several students were on the porch at the Sigma Chi fraternity property at on Mynders Avenue at Brister Street around 11:35 p.m. Thursday when a man with a black handgun demanded personal property. The robber took a cellphone and ran away, and no one was injured, the university said.

The number of reported crimes at the University of Memphis remained largely flat between 2015 and 2016, according to a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report, though the total number of sexual assaults rose from six to nine.