Sentenced: 2YO Shot & Killed In North Memphis

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A two-year-old boy has died after being shot in North Memphis on Wednesday.

Officers located two-year-old, Charvez Akins, wounded after shots were fired inside of his grandmother’s residence around 10 p.m., police say.

Atkins was taken to LeBonheur, but did not survive his injuries.

A woman is facing reckless homicide charges less than two days after 2-year-old Charvez Akins was shot to death at her home.

Tatyana Taylor, 22, is in jail on multiple charges including reckless homicide with a deadly weapon, tampering with evidence and filing a false report. Court records show Taylor also lives at that home.

People in the house told officers they had been listening to music when they suddenly heard gunshots, and rushed upstairs to find Charvez struck in the chest.


Taylor told investigators that she was inside the house when someone outside fired the shots, striking the child. Police say she then changed her story, saying a 5-year-old in the house had accidentally shot Charvez while playing with a gun.

She told police she owned the gun, which was left unsecured on a nightstand in a bedroom. She took it outside and fired one shot into the house, then hid the weapon before police arrived.

Court records show Taylor pleaded guilty to a reckless endangerment charge in a 2020 incident. Police say she fired several shots at a Taco Bell where she was a manager working the drive-through.

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Name: TATYANA TAYLOR

Combined Sentence(s) Length: 1 YRS 0 MTHS 0 DAYS


OFFENSE: Reckless Homicide

Sentence Type:	SPLIT CONFINEMENT
Sentence Effective Date:	04/27/2024	Sentence Length:	4 YRS 0 MTHS 0 DAY

OFFENSE: Reckless Endangerment- Deadly Weapon Involved

Sentence: Probation

Sentence Effective Date:

04/27/2028

Sentence Length:

2 YRS 0 MTHS 0 DAYS