Ricky Earl Grayson, 65, was killed on July 10, 2021, during a daytime robbery outside King’s Liquors on the 4000 block of Lamar Avenue in the Parkway Village area of Memphis. Police were called after two people were shot; one victim was pronounced dead at the scene and the other taken to Regional One Hospital in critical condition. Local reporting and a police affidavit say an armed stranger demanded keys and wallet from a man leaving the store, then shot him even after taking his possessions.

Inside the store, clerk Ricky Grayson reportedly moved toward the front with a gun; video reportedly showed the suspect shooting Grayson, knocking him down, and then shooting him again at close range before taking Grayson’s wallet and the gun and fleeing in a silver Ford Expedition. Officers later located a damaged Expedition behind a Walgreens on Summer Avenue and arrested 18-year-old Jonathan Anguiano after finding a wounded driver, guns, ammunition, and cash inside; charges announced by police included first-degree murder, especially aggravated robbery, and aggravated assault linked to the Lamar shooting.

Does anyone have information about Grayson, the shooting, or the events that followed that could help clarify what happened that morning?