Murder of security guard

People living in a Parkway rural community apartment compound fear for their security following the murder of a man hired to defend them.

Memphis Police are investigating the shooting demise of a safety guard at the Camelot Manor Apartments.

Neighbor Felicia Johnson says Saturday night, 35-year-old guard Joseph Williams got worried in a disagree with someone but she’s not sure what it was concerning, “He got shot in the back of the head,”

It`s not the first time a man hired to keep Johnson and the other families safe has been attacked.

“This is the next one that got blast over here,”

Last May, one more security guard was shot in the head. He survived. A teenager was charged with attempted first quantity murder and aggravated burglary in that shooting. There are security cameras all through the complex. Johnson hopes police are able to use observation video and capture whoever pulled the trigger in this shooting.

“We are scared that we might not even have safety no more. Everybody is going to be afraid to help us,”

The mother says people living here require help. When she first moved in two years ago, the neighborhood was ok, but now the offense is just too much to handle.

“My neighbor that was here, she left since her grandkids didn’t have where to go outside. She was too fearful to let them outside, she moved,” Moving is also her sketch.

“I desire to be secure. I want to come in the gate and speak to my neighbors and go into the house with no problems. But it isn’t like that, it’s been uneven,”