Shelby County District Attorney: Businessman Indicted In Shooting Of Shoplifter

Memphis TN

03 December, 2021

2:23 PM

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Press release from the Shelby County District Attorney: December 3, 2021      Dec. 3, 2021 – A Memphis businessman who shot a chainsaw shoplifter after chasing him out of the store has been indicted on first-degree murder charges, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.     A grand jury also indicted Charles Kalb on the felony count of possession of a prohibited weapon, a sawed-off shotgun. He is free on $1 million bond.    The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 16, 2019, at Mid-South Small Engines in the 2600 block of Mt. Moriah in Fox Meadows when Kalb, 59, saw a man pick up a chainsaw and run out of the store.    Surveillance video showed Kalb grab a shotgun from under the counter, run after the suspect, and shoot him in the back outside the store. The suspect, Lamorris Robinson, 33, was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.     The case is being handled by Chief Prosecutor Carla Taylor of the District Attorney's Vertical Team 6 which prosecutes cases in General Sessions Division 15 and in Criminal Court Division 10.      Dec. 3, 2021 – A Memphis businessman who shot a chainsaw shoplifter after chasing him out of the store has been indicted on first-degree murder charges, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.     A grand jury also indicted Charles Kalb on the felony count of possession of a prohibited weapon, a sawed-off shotgun. He is free on $1 million bond.    The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 16, 2019, at Mid-South Small Engines in the 2600 block of Mt. Moriah in Fox Meadows when Kalb, 59, saw a man pick up a chainsaw and run out of the store.    Surveillance video showed Kalb grab a shotgun from under the counter, run after the suspect, and shoot him in the back outside the store. The suspect, Lamorris Robinson, 33, was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.     The case is being handled by Chief Prosecutor Carla Taylor of the District Attorney's Vertical Team 6 which prosecutes cases in General Sessions Division 15 and in Criminal Court Division 10. This press release was produced by the Shelby County District Attorney. The views expressed here are the author's own.