Source: US Marshals Service
Memphis, TN – On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) captured two First-Degree fugitives in Middle Tennessee responsible for a double homicide in Memphis.
Around 3 p.m. on April 24, 2025, the Memphis Police Department (MPD) responded to a shooting near a school on S. Lauderdale Street at Mississippi Boulevard resulting in the school being placed on lockdown. Two males were pronounced dead at the scene. During the investigation, MPD Detectives identified suspects involved in this crime.
As a result of MPD’s investigation, a grand jury indicted Demanuel Jackson, 18, and Mario Simmons, 19 on two counts of First-Degree murder. On May 20, 2025, a warrant was issued through Shelby County Criminal Court for the arrests of Jackson and Simmons.
The USMS Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force in Memphis was asked to assist in locating and apprehending both men. The Task Force developed information that both suspects were in Murfreesboro and sent investigative leads to the Middle Tennessee Joint Fugitive Task Force based in Nashville.
Around 8:30 p.m., June 18, Marshals apprehended Jackson and Simmons at a residence in Murfreesboro. They were transported to the Rutherford County Jail and will be held pending transfer to Shelby County.
“Once again, I commend the great investigative work of the Memphis Police Department and appreciate the collaboration from the fugitive task force in Middle Tennessee who put handcuffs on these suspects,” said U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller. “The U.S. Marshals Service remains committed to bringing dangerous fugitives to justice.”
The U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) is a multi-agency task force within Western Tennessee. The TRVFTF has offices in Memphis and Jackson, and its membership is primarily composed of Deputy U.S. Marshals, Shelby, Fayette, Tipton, and Gibson County Sheriff’s Deputies, Memphis and Jackson Police Officers, Tennessee Department of Correction Special Agents and the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Since 2021, the TRVFTF has captured over 3,000 violent offenders and sexual predators.