Car Crash Reveals Homicide Victim; Boyfriend Indicted in Woman’s Death

July 22, 2022 – A southeast Memphis man has been indicted in the New Year’s Day death of his girlfriend who was found in a car crash on Walnut Grove Road after she was shot in the head, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A grand jury indicted Bryndon Smith, 23, on a count of first-degree murder. He is free on $750,000 bond.

Investigators said they were called to the scene of a car crash shortly before 1 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2022, in the 8100 block of Walnut Grove Road about 1,000 feet east of Germantown Parkway.

A car had struck a utility pole, but a woman passenger inside, 20-year-old Alexis Cobb, was actually a gunshot victim of Smith, the driver. She was taken by private vehicle to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Smith said they had been arguing in the car earlier and that a pistol he was handling accidentally discharged, striking her in the side of the face. He said he moved her to the passenger side and that while driving to a hospital he crashed into a utility pole.

The case is being handled by the District Attorney’s Domestic Violence Unit.