Jeremy Lee Williams and Darion Holliway are charged with first-degree murder in Antonio Young's death in a Memphis gun-sale shooting.

An affidavit is the police version of a case before anyone cross-examines it. Investigators tied a $600 Chime transfer from Antonio Young's account to an account linked to Williams, and they say Holliway put himself behind the wheel and put Williams in the passenger seat. A money trail shows who was paid. A co-defendant's account is testimony from someone with his own charges. Neither one is a verdict.

Action News 5 reported Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, that Memphis police have two people facing murder charges in the shooting death of Antonio Young in the Cherokee neighborhood. Officers responded to a shooting near Sharpe Avenue and Semmes Street just before 8:30 p.m. on May 16, and Young was taken to Regional One Health, where he later died, according to court affidavits the station described. The affidavits accuse Jeremy Lee Williams and Darion Holliway of first-degree murder, especially aggravated robbery, theft of property under $1,000, and employing a firearm during a dangerous felony. Williams is in custody on a $1 million bond. Action News 5 reported that Holliway does not appear to be in custody. A charge in an affidavit is the state's accusation. It is not a finding.

According to the affidavits, Young had arranged to meet someone to buy a gun. Investigators traced a $600 Chime transfer from Young's account to an account linked to Williams shortly before the shooting, Action News 5 reported, and Young's phone was later recovered in the Wesfield Cove area. The affidavits say Holliway told investigators he drove a red Lexus to the scene and fled after the shooting, and that he identified Williams as the passenger. Those are the facts police say tie the two men to the meeting. The station's report does not say who investigators believe fired the shots.

Every piece of that summary needs a witness. A payment to an account "linked to" someone is evidence of a transaction, and the defense will ask who controlled the account and who was holding the phone. Holliway's statement, as described, places him at the wheel and puts Williams in the car, which makes him both a suspect and the state's most important link. Juries are told to weigh a co-defendant's account with care, because a person facing the same charges has reasons to point elsewhere. The especially aggravated robbery count rests on the theory that a planned gun sale became a robbery. That is the motive the affidavits describe. It still has to be proved.

Action News 5 reported on Oct. 4 that a different man was charged with murder in an unrelated September shooting that police also tied to an alleged stolen-gun sale. The cases are separate. Williams has a bond set and the right to contest every line of the affidavit with counsel, and the station's report does not say when Holliway is expected in court. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.