A dispute between two women at Ridgecrest Apartments on Rangeline Road in the Frayser neighborhood of Memphis on October 5, 2021, escalated into lethal violence when 24-year-old Amise Gales intervened on behalf of his girlfriend. During the altercation a man identified as Jaydevin Benson came out of a nearby apartment and opened fire. Gales, who was armed, returned fire but was struck in the chest. A one-year-old child and the child’s grandmother were nearby when the shooting started.

Gales tried to flee, drove into his car, then crashed through the apartment complex gate and into a tree; he died at the scene. A police investigation followed and, in February 2022, a Shelby County Grand Jury indicted 25-year-old Jaydevin Benson on second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, and employing a firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony; he was held on a $250,000 bond and the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office is handling the case.

If anyone witnessed the shooting at Ridgecrest Apartments or has information about what led up to the fight, please share what is known.