By Alicia Cruz
The Black Urban Times
Memphis police have arrested two people in connection to the shooting death of a teenage girl at Club 296 on June 19.
Kordarius Childs, 16 and Rodricuas Tucker, 22 are in custody and charged with attempted second degree murder and using a firearm while committing a dangerous felony.
On June 20, police were called to Club 296 around 11:35 p.m. about a shooting. When they arrived they found Adrian Cobb, 18, face down in the middle of the street with a gunshot wound. She was taken to Regional Medical Center in critical condition, where she died the following day.
Cobb, a College bound athlete, recently graduated from Booker T. Washington and was scheduled to attend Tennessee State this fall on a full scholarship. Friends say she was at Club 269, which is listed as a recording studio in downtown Memphis, at a party when a fight inside of the studio broke out and people were told to leave.
The fight continued outside of the studio when someone pulled a gun and began firing into the crowd. Cobb, an innocent bystander, was trying to move away from the fight when she was shot and killed. During the course of the police investigation, detectives learned that the shooting may have been related to a brand new gang in the city called the Grind-Hard Gang.
According to witness, Keshundra Taylor, 15, the suspects began fighting "and then they got a gun. The girl (Cobb) tried to cross the street. She got shot and we went over there and she was on the ground," Taylor told myeyewitnessnews.com.
"My Momma, she ran because we were outside, she wanted to see if we were OK," said Taylor, who says she saw Cobb fall to the ground after the shots were fired.
A Memphis police spokesperson says they don't think Cobb was the intended target. In fact, they're not sure yet if there was an intended target.
A gang expert from the Memphis police department told myEyewitnessNews.com that it appears that the Grind-Hard Gang is a spin-off of major gangs in the city such as the notorious street gang, The Bloods.
According to Jimmy Chambers, a longtime investigator with the Shelby County District Attorney's Gang Unit, upstart gangs like the Grind-Hards can be the deadliest.
"They are dangerous," said Chambers, "because they're trying to make a point."
Chambers office is filled with drawers full of gang data, photographs of gang tattoos, alphabets and creeds. He even has articles of clothing that gang members wear.
"I call them nobody," says Chambers. "They're cowards. Sooner or later we're going to get them. And I want them to know we're going to get them because they're destroying our city little by little. And we're going to get them. It's just that simple."
Dennis Davis, a businessman in the area of Club 269 said he was afraid something like this would happen
"It was a sound studio for albums," Davis says, "but about two months ago, all that changed. I haven't seen anybody bring in sound equipment or a guitar or drums, or anything like that in like two months."
A Facebook page says it's a recording rental and myeyewitnessnews reported that 296 Monroe is listed as "Memphis Rehearsal Complex."
It rents by the month, week, and even for private events. The business is also used as a concert room; that's where neighbors say they have a problem.
"I just assume see them move to another location, where they can't bother anybody else," Davis says, "It's affecting all the business, Social Security is across the street, the apartments, they could hit a child in the rooms [with a stray bullet].
Representative for Club 296 refused to comment about the situation or provide any information about its facility.
The Black Urban Times
Memphis police have arrested two people in connection to the shooting death of a teenage girl at Club 296 on June 19.
Kordarius Childs, 16 and Rodricuas Tucker, 22 are in custody and charged with attempted second degree murder and using a firearm while committing a dangerous felony.
On June 20, police were called to Club 296 around 11:35 p.m. about a shooting. When they arrived they found Adrian Cobb, 18, face down in the middle of the street with a gunshot wound. She was taken to Regional Medical Center in critical condition, where she died the following day.
Cobb, a College bound athlete, recently graduated from Booker T. Washington and was scheduled to attend Tennessee State this fall on a full scholarship. Friends say she was at Club 269, which is listed as a recording studio in downtown Memphis, at a party when a fight inside of the studio broke out and people were told to leave.
The fight continued outside of the studio when someone pulled a gun and began firing into the crowd. Cobb, an innocent bystander, was trying to move away from the fight when she was shot and killed. During the course of the police investigation, detectives learned that the shooting may have been related to a brand new gang in the city called the Grind-Hard Gang.
According to witness, Keshundra Taylor, 15, the suspects began fighting "and then they got a gun. The girl (Cobb) tried to cross the street. She got shot and we went over there and she was on the ground," Taylor told myeyewitnessnews.com.
"My Momma, she ran because we were outside, she wanted to see if we were OK," said Taylor, who says she saw Cobb fall to the ground after the shots were fired.
A Memphis police spokesperson says they don't think Cobb was the intended target. In fact, they're not sure yet if there was an intended target.
A gang expert from the Memphis police department told myEyewitnessNews.com that it appears that the Grind-Hard Gang is a spin-off of major gangs in the city such as the notorious street gang, The Bloods.
According to Jimmy Chambers, a longtime investigator with the Shelby County District Attorney's Gang Unit, upstart gangs like the Grind-Hards can be the deadliest.
"They are dangerous," said Chambers, "because they're trying to make a point."
Chambers office is filled with drawers full of gang data, photographs of gang tattoos, alphabets and creeds. He even has articles of clothing that gang members wear.
"I call them nobody," says Chambers. "They're cowards. Sooner or later we're going to get them. And I want them to know we're going to get them because they're destroying our city little by little. And we're going to get them. It's just that simple."
Dennis Davis, a businessman in the area of Club 269 said he was afraid something like this would happen
"It was a sound studio for albums," Davis says, "but about two months ago, all that changed. I haven't seen anybody bring in sound equipment or a guitar or drums, or anything like that in like two months."
A Facebook page says it's a recording rental and myeyewitnessnews reported that 296 Monroe is listed as "Memphis Rehearsal Complex."
It rents by the month, week, and even for private events. The business is also used as a concert room; that's where neighbors say they have a problem.
"I just assume see them move to another location, where they can't bother anybody else," Davis says, "It's affecting all the business, Social Security is across the street, the apartments, they could hit a child in the rooms [with a stray bullet].
Representative for Club 296 refused to comment about the situation or provide any information about its facility.
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