MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Senator Brent Taylor wrote a letter to Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy and Disciplinary Counsel Marshall Davidson addressing his concerns with the Railgarten shooting suspect being released from jail without paying bond.

Detawn Gunn, 30, is accused of shooting at least four people at Railgarten in Midtown nearly two weeks ago. He walked away from jail after being released on his own recognizance Monday.

Taylor is now requesting the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office to seek an emergency writ of certiorari in criminal court, which allows a higher court to review a case, “to correct the injustice committed by Judge Anderson of allowing a mass shooter to be released on his own recognizance.”

This will result in a Criminal Court judge setting a higher bond.

“Nothing occurs in General Sessions Court that cannot be fixed in Criminal Court,” Taylor said in the letter to Mulory.

In response, the District Attorney’s Office released the following statement,

“While we appreciate Senator Taylor’s interest and recommendation, this action was already underway in the DA’s Office well before the Senator’s email was received. Our team met yesterday to assess the legal grounds for filing the emergency writ, which is a rare occurrence. By this morning, we already had a draft in progress to be finalized. That has since been filed.”

A second letter was written to Davidson, who serves as the Disciplinary Counsel for the Board of Judicial Conduct and investigates complaints made against judges.

Taylor says he wants to make him aware of the circumstances surrounding Gunn’s release. He says Judge Anderson violated a new state law requiring the safety of the community to be the first consideration of bail.

Gunn’s initial bond was set at $500,000 by a judicial commissioner. The District Attorney requested to keep that bond amount, however, the defendant’s attorney asked for the bond to be reduced to $75,000.

Even though, the defense argued for some amount of bond, Gunn was released from jail without paying anything.

Taylor wrote, “Judge Anderson failed to consider this new prioritization when setting bail and simply addressed various factors as if he were setting bond under the old statute.”

The General Assembly recently adopted TCA 40-11-115, which elevates the safety of the community as the first consideration of bail.

According to reports, Judge Anderson allowed Gunn to be released from jail without bond stating Gunn has strong ties to the community, has a job, and is not generally a threat to the community. He says he could not find any reason to detain the Gunn under the law.

Taylor also included in the letter that Judge Anderson was reprimanded by the Board of Judicial Conduct for his public statements on his view of the Tennessee bail system.

The Senator is now requesting appropriate disciplinary action to be taken against Judge Anderson.