on facebook live. memphis police department sergeant louis brownlee said kelly has prior arrests for attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment. back in 2020. at this hour, the manhunt is still ongoing with some reports he s even made it to arkansas. our own trace gallagher has been following all the breaking details from our west coast newsroom and he joins us now with the latest. what can you tell us? trying to confirm the arkansas angle. we know the suspect as you say apparently evening live stream facebook updates each time he shoot somebody. police know who he is. 19-year-old ezequiel kelly. it s unclear they know exactly where he is. has he crossed state lines? apparently the suspect carjacked a woman in a gray suv. it was said to be a gray toyota. now they are saying it s a gray suv. he s been on this killing spree, wanted for multiple shootings across the city of memphis including itself memphis where at least one person was killed
and you have the district attorney in the bronx reducing that to misdemeanor assault and harassment and that guy is released back out on the street. we saw the story just a few weeks ago where the times square slasher was released by a lax queens charge. a prosecutor asked for bail but the judge releases the person nonetheless. we saw it happen recently where a goldman sachs employee was shot to death on the subway in staten island. in that case you had a brooklyn judge who ends up releasing somebody who is a prior convicted criminal and then he goes out and he commits that murder. it s accommodation of all different kinds of factors. the highest profile issue is that in new york, they have cashless bail. people are able to commit offenses. be at home for dinner, and that includes people who might just be caught with $1.2 million worth of crystal meth in manhattan. instantly released on cashless bail.