Final corrections deputy in Gershun Freeman case booked
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The final corrections deputy indicted in the death of Gershun Freeman was booked into 201 Poplar on Monday.
Charles Gatewood is charged with aggravated assault in concert resulting in death.
He is among nine corrections deputies indicted in Freeman’s Oct. 5, 2022, death at the Shelby County Jail:
- Stevon Jones: second-degree murder and aggravated assault in concert resulting in death
- Courtney Parham: second-degree murder and aggravated assault in concert resulting in death
- Damien Cooper: aggravated assault in concert resulting in death
- Ebonee Davis: aggravated assault in concert resulting in death
- Lareko Elliott: aggravated assault in concert resulting in death
- Anthony Howell: aggravated assault in concert resulting in death
- Chelsey Duckett: aggravated assault in concert resulting in death
- Jeffrey Gibson: aggravated assault in concert resulting in death
Freeman, 33, died inside Shelby County Jail after an encounter with jailers on October 5, 2022. According to an autopsy, Freeman suffered cardiac arrest while he was restrained.
His manner of death has been classified as a homicide.
The indictments, returned by Shelby County grand jury, were announced by Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner on Wednesday.
All nine indicted are expected in court in October.
Attorney Ben Crump, representing Gershun Freeman’s family, discussed the indictments of nine Shelby County corrections deputies in Memphis on Monday.
He said Bonner is turning Freeman’s death into a political issue when it is not, adding that Bonner has no involvement in the prosecution and should keep out of the investigation.
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