On the afternoon of December 16, 2024, police in Southwest Memphis found two women shot to death inside a gray Kia in the 4700 block of Manson Road. The victims were 54-year-old Sharon Wilson and her friend, 53-year-old Ellen Buford Granberry. Wilson is remembered by family as a mother and grandmother with a beautiful smile and a compassionate nature.

Investigators quickly linked the double homicide to a separate Shelby County Sheriff’s Office operation targeting a vehicle theft ring. A search warrant served the same day at a residence in the 5900 block of Grosvenor Avenue turned up stolen vehicles, drugs, and weapons. Ballistic testing tied firearms seized in that raid to the killings on Manson Road.

Those connections produced arrests: 21-year-old Desmond Emery and 22-year-old Jonathan Rush were charged with first-degree murder in both deaths, and Rush was additionally charged as a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The investigation is ongoing. If anyone knew Sharon Wilson or has information about what happened on December 16, please come forward.