On a summer evening in Memphis, James Redmon, 65, was fatally shot while working as a security guard at the Main Event family entertainment center on Appling Farms Parkway. The shooting occurred around 7:15 p.m. on July 22, 2024, after an argument with a 44-year-old coworker, Richard Lewis, about the use of metal detectors at the entrance. Witnesses said Lewis had been upset about Redmon’s presence and had made verbal threats earlier that day. About ten minutes after their dispute, Lewis drew a firearm and shot Redmon twice in the head at close range; Redmon’s own gun remained holstered and he died at the scene.

Lewis reportedly told the manager that Redmon came at him and he had to act, but witness statements and video evidence contradicted a claim of self-defense. Investigators found Lewis’s armed-security license had expired in February 2024 and his renewal application was incomplete, leaving him unauthorized to carry a firearm in that role. Lewis was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and later indicted. Redmon is remembered as a hardworking, caring family man, survived by his wife, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Did anyone working at Main Event or in the area that evening notice tensions between the two men before the argument escalated?