MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An 18-year-old woman has been arrested in the shooting death at a food festival in Tom Lee Park earlier this month.

Latoriania Lindsey, 18, was charged with First-Degree Murder.

On April 13, officers say they responded to a shooting at the Foodees Food and Culture Festival in Tom Lee Park around 6:40 p.m., where a male teen was found suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

His family identified him as 17-year-old Anthony Smith.

During the investigation, Latoriania Lindsey was developed as a suspect in the shooting.

On April 28, Lindsey was booked into jail on theft of property $10,000 – $60,000, evading arrest, and criminal impersonation charges.

A trooper says they received an automated license plate reader hit regarding a stolen Toyota 4Runner in the area of Eastmoreland Avenue and South Claybrook. When the trooper responded to the area, they saw the stolen vehicle disregard a traffic signal, turning left on Peabody Avenue and Dr. MLK Jr. Avenue.

The stolen vehicle continued making two immediate right turns before the trooper activated blue lights and sirens and attempted to initiate a traffic stop. However, the trooper says the driver sped off.

After a brief vehicle chase, the trooper says four people in the stolen vehicle got out and ran.

A woman was caught after a short foot chase and taken into custody. The woman gave the trooper a false name before being positively identified as Latoriania Lindsey.

On April 29, officers say Lindsey was charged with murder in the fatal Tom Lee Park shooting.

“And so what happens is, you know, it’s a trauma, you know, that is to say, to the other people, sometimes when you think that you’re correcting an 18-year-old, you’re probably corrected. And I will tell you, something went wrong in their life, and nine years old now, they’re 18, but they’re still stuck in their trauma at nine years old,” said Ladell Beamon, Founder, Heal the Hood Foundation of Memphis.

Heal the Hood Foundation of Memphis is one of several organizations working to produce purpose out of pain.

Beamon believes there are not enough opportunities for kids and teens in Memphis and that more resources should be concentrated on youth initiatives. He says it’s better to teach children at a young age before having to rehabilitate them later.   

Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy says his administration is working hard to get state and federal grants for intervention and social programs for crime prevention.

“Where there’s been a repeat pattern of criminal conduct or repeat pattern, particularly of violent conduct, and there have to be serious consequences, and that means serious prison time. But it also has to be apparent and stick, we have to do interventions to try to prevent the next crime,” Mulroy said.

“Any city that is not built around their kids, is built around crime,” Beamon said.

Latoriania Lindsey is due in court on Thursday morning.