Darrius Wadley was an 18-year-old student at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis whose life ended in a shooting on April 24, 2025. The attack occurred in the South City apartment complex at Mississippi Boulevard and Lauderdale, just steps from the school. Surveillance footage reviewed by authorities showed an Infiniti pull into the complex before four armed suspects exited, walked through the property and opened fire, striking Wadley and 17-year-old fellow student Christian Brown multiple times.

Memphis police quickly developed leads. An 18-year-old, Valdemar Patterson, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder; a judge later found probable cause and ordered him held without bond while the case was referred to a grand jury. In June 2025 two more suspects, Demanuel Jackson and Mario Simmons, were captured in Middle Tennessee. One suspect remained at large.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at (901) 528-CASH.