$10,000 award now available

for young man carjacked, killed

Jacobi Price is one of scores of young people slain in the city in the past three years but his family refuses to give up seeking justice.

Price was 19 when he was shot multiple times and thrown out of a car onto the middle of Carnes Avenue just south of The University of Memphis campus in February, 2022. A dark sedan was seen driving away. 

A Carnes resident found him and called for help, but Price died by the time paramedics and police arrived. 

“I know there are people with information about who killed him,” his mother Demetira Ingram told CrimeStoppers. She and other family members have done everything they can think of to keep authorities paying attention to the case, including holding vigils, posting a photo of their son in the neighborhood and scraping together extra awards funds. 

After raising the fund slowly and incrementally – and with the help of anonymous contributors - an award of up to $10,000 now is available in the case.



The CrimeStoppers line awaits more tips at 528-CASH (2274).

Tip locating gun-toting fugitive

puts end to domestic violence spree

Threats and verbal abuse were one thing, but serious trouble with the woman’s ex-boyfriend began April 16, 2023 when Raymond Powell drove up beside her on South Parkway and Pennsylvania Street and allegedly pointed a handgun at her.  She said he fired two or three shots before driving away. 

Fortunately, the bullets missed her. A warrant was issued for Powell’s arrest, but authorities didn’t know where to find him.

A month later a police cruiser was flagged down at 221 McLemore Ave. The same victim said her ex-boyfriend Powell had entered her vehicle without permission. When she tried to grab her keys out of the car’s ignition, she said he grabbed her hair and shoved her from the vehicle. New charges were placed.

A case of domestic violence with stalking had worsened. Still, his location was unknown.

Then in November 2024, police responded to another domestic disturbance on Cambridge Avenue where the DV victim now lived. She said Powell showed up

and when she refused to let him in he pushed an AC unit through a window and climbed in. He threatened her and fired a shot from a handgun as she ran out a door.

In between these alleged incidents Powell also was charged with a case of aggravated burglary. A victim in a boarding house on E. Trigg Avenue said the suspect forced his way into an apartment, flashed a gun and took the man’s Television set.

Then a tip came to CrimeStoppers. The citizen who called knew Powell was a wanted fugitive and knew where he could be found. Powell was quickly located and arrested on multiple active warrants of aggravated assault, aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery.

Bond for Powell was set at $182,500.  The citizen was awarded $500.

The case was one of 30 reviewed by CrimeStoppers in January. Of those cases, 12 involved some degree of domestic violence.