Memphis shootings three killed death penalty.

A Tennessee man has avoided a trial and a possible death sentence by pleading guilty to fatally shooting three people and wounding three others in a daylong series of shootings livestreamed on social media. Ezekiel Kelly pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and two dozen other charges in a Memphis courtroom on Wednesday. A Shelby County judge sentenced him to life in prison without parole, plus 221 years. The deal with prosecutors spared the 22-year-old from a capital trial. Kelly had pleaded not guilty in the September 2022 shooting rampage that led to a citywide shelter-in-place order during a search for him.