Man killed, woman critically injured in shooting

Germantown police are investigating a domestic violence incident where a man was killed and a woman was injured Friday morning.

The incident occurred around 8:15 a.m. at a home in the 7900 block of Elm Leaf Drive near Poplar Pike and Hacks Cross.

When police arrived at the home, officers found two adults injured. The woman, 38, was found in the garage. The man, 36, was found in the driveway and pronounced dead on the scene.

The woman was taken to the Regional Medical Center in critical condition. Neither victim’s name has been released by law enforcement pending the notification of family members.

According to a Germantown Police Department news release, both victims appeared to have suffered head wounds, and a semi-automatic pistol was found under the man’s leg.

Police said they are not actively looking for additional individuals involved in the incident, and according to the release, officers searched the residence for signs of any possible suspects, but the home was clear.

Terry Ryan, who lives a few streets over on Cotton Cross Drive, drove up to check on the house around 12:45 p.m.

Ryan worked with the woman for two years at Curtis Stout, an electrical supply company near Memphis International Airport.

The woman had talked about her “bad relationship” with her live-in boyfriend at work, but “she never mentioned any kind of abuse other than maybe yelling at each other,” Ryan said.

He said that although the woman had not shown up for work Friday, she was not expected to do so because she was moving out — the house had a ‘Sold’ sign in the front yard — because “they were splitting up.”

Ryan decided to check on his co-worker after he heard of the incident on the news. Ryan recognized the house because he had picked her up on the way to work before. The woman has a daughter from a previous marriage, Ryan said.

“A female juvenile who was at the home was safe and in the care of the caller when officers arrived,” Germantown police said in a release, though they did not specify whether the juvenile was the victim’s daughter, or identify the caller.

Paula Smith, who lives one street over but parallel to the crime scene, drove up to the caution tape in her golf cart with her 5-year-old grandson, Parker, realizing what she and her husband had heard early this Friday morning. Smith said she and her husband heard two big “pows” around 8 or 8:15 a.m.

The last homicide in the suburb was in April 2013 when Christopher Jones was charged with killing his wife, a kindergarten teacher.