Memphis Police Department reports first child shot dead in 2023, 5-year-old boy

Memphis Police Department reported the first child shot and killed in 2023.

Memphis officers responded to a shooting Wednesday at the 4600 block of Chancellor Cove, in the Memphis Parkway Village neighborhood where a 5-year-old boy was found shot.

The child was sent to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in critical condition, MPD said. The boy died Thursday morning, according to MPD.

MPD detained a man and woman but no charges have been filed, the department said.

MPD said this investigation is ongoing.

Although MPD reports the boy as the first shot and killed in 2023, Le Bonheur said it has seen 10 kids shot this year. Le Bonheur has not yet reported how many children died from a shooting in 2023.

In 2022, Le Bonheur reported 149 children shot including seven dead. Le Bonheur also reported seven kids were shot and killed in 2021, down from the 10 children killed in 2020.

MPD reported 28 juvenile shooting deaths in 2022.

This story will be updated.

Dima Amro covers the suburbs for The Commercial Appeal and can be reached at Dima.Amro@commercialappeal.com or on Twitter @AmroDima.