Police: Second teen arrested in homicide
A second Memphis teen has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a driver killed when one of the suspects told police the man followed their car for several blocks.
Demerrick Porter, 18, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 24-year-old Christoper Smith. Porter was also charged with attempted second-degree murder, employment of a firearm during the commission of a violent felony and theft of property.
Smith was found dead inside a Nissan on March 28 when officers responded to a shots fired call on Cognac Cove and Bordeaux Lane off Riverdale and Shelby Drive.
His cousin, who was in the car with Smith, was shot in leg and found at a home in the 6900 block of Bordeaux Lane. He was non-critical.
Jaelen Bell, 19, was arrested on April 5 after police found him driving a stolen car. His bond was set at $250,000 on the murder charge. Bell admitted to homicide investigators that he killed Smith and tried to kill the other man in the car because they were following his car in their vehicle for several blocks, according to an arrest affidavit.
Porter was arrested on April 12 when police found him also driving a stolen car. He told police he was one of the gunmen involved in the fatal shooting of Smith and attempted to kill the other man in the car. His bond was set at $300,000 bond.
Police said Bell and Porter were two of three gunmen involved in the shooting. No other arrests have been made in the homicide.