AR Teen Taylon Vail ID’d As West Junior HS Basketball Standout Shot Dead Friday While Playing Video Games In Grandmother West Memphis Home

WEST MEMPHIS, AR. (THECOUNT) — Taylon Vail has been identified by family members as the West Memphis teen fatally shot while inside his grandmother’s home playing video games.

Vail, 16, was was named by family members in Friday morning’s fatal shooting in West Memphis. Police say the shooting occurred at the home of his grandmother in the 2000 block of East Harrison.

Vail was playing video games at his grandmother’s house when bullets started hitting the home. One bullet went through the wall, killing the teen, reports LocalMemphis.

Police and family members say that Vail was not the intended target, but they don’t know yet who pulled the trigger.

Vail was a standout basketball player and honor roll student at West Junior High School, according to reports.

Crittenden County Crime Stoppers is offering a $2,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest on either of the homicide cases from last Saturday and from Friday morning. If you have any information, please call West Memphis Police.

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Geo quick facts: West Memphis is the largest city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 26,245 at the 2010 census, ranking it as the state’s 18th largest city, behind Bella Vista. It is part of the Memphis metropolitan area, and is located directly across the Mississippi River from Memphis, Tennessee – Wikipedia.