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Memphian who shot, killed man taking out trash pleads guilty to lesser charge, sentenced 10 years in prison
Action News 5 ^ | 10 20 2023 | Lydian Kennin

Posted on 11/21/2023 9:52:29 AM PST by yesthatjallen

A Memphis man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter over two years after he reportedly shot and killed a man who was taking out the trash after dinner.

Court records show 24-year-old Metavious Bishop was first charged with second-degree murder for the July 2021 slaying, but he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter on October 26, 2023.

He was sentenced to 10 years in state prison on Monday.

According to the arrest affidavit, on the night of July 8, 2021, officers found 24-year-old Ray Taylor shot to death in the driveway of a home on Yellowood Cove in Northeast Memphis.

The affidavit says Taylor was taking the trash out after dinner when he was shot.

Police say Bishop’s girlfriend was inside the house at the time of the shooting. She told officers that Bishop called her earlier that night and told her to meet him outside with the car keys.

After the gunshots rang out, the girlfriend went outside to find Taylor on the ground and Bishop’s phone and cigars on top of her car.

Bishop also reportedly sent a Snapchat to her after the shooting, alleging Taylor had threatened him “a while back.”

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1 posted on 11/21/2023 9:52:29 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

We need Good Guys who are willing to take out the trash.

But the government will stomp on you real hard if you try.


2 posted on 11/21/2023 9:54:23 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: yesthatjallen

Ray Taylor is dead? I didn’t even know he was sick!

What a cesspool Memphis is! Oy!


3 posted on 11/21/2023 9:56:04 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: yesthatjallen

Metavious Bishop.........................


4 posted on 11/21/2023 9:59:45 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: yesthatjallen

Is Ray Taylor black or white?


5 posted on 11/21/2023 10:00:36 AM PST by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: yesthatjallen

Some HOA rules are tough…


7 posted on 11/21/2023 10:01:52 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
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To: yesthatjallen

“Metavious”? That’s a new one.


8 posted on 11/21/2023 10:02:30 AM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: yesthatjallen
Metavious Bishop, 24


9 posted on 11/21/2023 10:04:52 AM PST by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Lived outside of Memphis about twenty three years ago, but had to go into the city for major shopping. The race anger was bad then. The worst was when the COGIC convention came to town. Hate written all over the attendees faces…


10 posted on 11/21/2023 10:04:59 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
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To: Noumenon

Brother of Cialis.


11 posted on 11/21/2023 10:05:39 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I left Memphis 52 years ago and never looked back. Grew up and went to college there and it was never like this.


12 posted on 11/21/2023 10:05:47 AM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: joe fonebone
"Is Ray Taylor black or white?"

I don't know.

13 posted on 11/21/2023 10:09:33 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: Red Badger
“Metavious of the Metaverse.”

A new sci-fi thriller about a violent urban dystopia set in an alternate universe.

14 posted on 11/21/2023 10:10:03 AM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: joe fonebone

Black on Black.


15 posted on 11/21/2023 10:11:15 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE (Make orwell fiction again)
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To: Mr Rogers

That’s definitely a Metavious.


16 posted on 11/21/2023 10:12:38 AM PST by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Elllen)
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To: Mr Rogers

Sideshow Jamal


17 posted on 11/21/2023 10:14:09 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold eday in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Mr Rogers

Yep. Another I didn’t do nuffin crowd.


18 posted on 11/21/2023 10:14:48 AM PST by DownInFlames (p)
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To: yesthatjallen

Ten years for killing another human being. That makes a safer Memphis how?

When he gets out, probably early on parole, this dullard will do what to make a living? If the retards that allow him out in ten years could form an unassailable explanation of how this guy doesn’t kill again, I’d love to hear it.

I’ve thought TN as one option for retirement, maybe I shouldn’t.


19 posted on 11/21/2023 10:26:12 AM PST by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Elllen)
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To: thegagline

A new sci-fi thriller about a violent urban dystopia set in an alternate universe............or any large American City...............


20 posted on 11/21/2023 10:32:36 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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