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Sep 25, 2026
Brian MurphyCORRESPONDENT
A woman will now spend 30 years behind bars, all because of an argument that led to gunfire killing Anitra West.
Brian MurphyCORRESPONDENT
This is a story Action News 5 has followed since the beginning, even exclusively speaking with West's parents.
speaker_15HOST
Action News 5's Imani Williams joining us live now.
speaker_15HOST
Imani, you were the one who spoke with her parents.
Imani WilliamsCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, Anitra West parents were here two years ago, days after their daughter was killed by Monica Williams.
Imani WilliamsCORRESPONDENT
Williams also pleaded guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a deadly weapon.
Imani WilliamsCORRESPONDENT
Court records show in 2009 she was sentenced to three years in jail for beating and stabbing another woman.
Imani WilliamsCORRESPONDENT
Live in the newsroom, Imani Williams, Action News 5.
Luke JenningsHOST
We have got green ropes, blue canvas.
Luke JenningsHOST
Here, as always, a full house in the WMC studios.
Luke JenningsHOST
You can see they are wrestling.
Luke JenningsHOST
Culling at the top.
Luke JenningsHOST
Big backpunch up by Brian Nobbs.
Luke JenningsHOST
Full house here as always in the WMC studios.
Luke JenningsHOST
Paul Diamond comes in but he gets slammed down.
Luke JenningsHOST
Scurries out the ring.
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Luke JenningsHOST
Go, John, go.
Luke JenningsHOST
Circle, circle, circle.
Luke JenningsHOST
There's a very vocal crowd here this week in the WMC studios.
Luke JenningsHOST
Side look takedown by Tommy Lane.
Jessica BensonGUEST
Mm.
Gary ParrishHOST
Obviously, if that kinda thing happened today, it'd be on Action News 5.
Jessica BensonGUEST
Well, I don't know.
Gary ParrishHOST
Y- it happens a lot today.
Mike FergusonHOST
There's layers here.
Mike FergusonHOST
Action News 5 reported that Ricky's brothers, Michael and Kevin Bell, and a third man named Pierre Marta Richardson, were charged with witness coercion.
Mike FergusonHOST
According to investigators, they used a car to block a section of the road on the night of the murder, forcing a possible witness to stop.
Mike FergusonHOST
The three men got out of their vehicle and charged the driver, asking why he was talking to the police and snitching on his brother for killing that woman.
Mike FergusonHOST
Which you do hire people.
Mike GibsonHOST
Yeah.
Mike FergusonHOST
According to Action News 5, unspecified family members said they were aware of Ricky Bell's criminal record, which included a long stint in prison in Pennsylvania.
Mike FergusonHOST
In 1997, he was convicted of robbery of a motor vehicle and aggravated assault.
Sam SederHOST
Yes, exactly.
Sam SederHOST
This is from Action News 5 in Memphis.
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We will check in with you soon.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now to our top story here at 10.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Witnesses say more than 100 people were detained by ICE and other state and federal agencies last night from a nightclub in Berkeley.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And what advocacy groups say were unlawful detainments targeting Hispanic people without proof of citizenship.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Action News 5's Garner Montgomery is joining us live in studio tonight with what witnesses saw.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But Garner, what info has law enforcement shared so far?
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And what advocacy groups say were unlawful detainments targeting Hispanic people without proof of citizenship.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Action News 5's Garner Montgomery is joining us live in studio tonight with what witnesses saw.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But Garner, what info has law enforcement shared so far?
Garner MontgomerySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
TBI says that they were executing a search warrant out of business on Macon Road with ice, calling it a targeted enforcement operation with multiple agencies.
Garner MontgomerySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Community advocates I talked with say that the only people who they know that had been released from detention had proof of citizenship with them when they were detained.
Garner MontgomerySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Federal investigators say more information will be released when made available.
Garner MontgomerySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Reporting live in studio, Garner Montgomery, Action News 5.
John WardleHOST
Obviously, that doesn't include any children they took, because kids don't carry around proof of citizenship.
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And what advocacy groups say were unlawful detainments targeting Hispanic people without proof of citizenship.
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Action News 5's Garner Montgomery is joining us live in studio tonight with what witnesses saw.
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But Garner, what info has law enforcement shared so far?
Garner MontgomeryCORRESPONDENT
TBI says that they were executing a search warrant out of business on Macon Road with ICE, calling it a targeted enforcement operation with multiple agencies.
Garner MontgomeryCORRESPONDENT
Community advocates I talked with say that the only people who they know that had been released from detention had proof of citizenship with them when they were detained.
Garner MontgomeryCORRESPONDENT
Federal investigators say more information will be released when made available.
Garner MontgomeryCORRESPONDENT
Reporting live in studio, Garner Montgomery, Action News 5.
Lurie Daniel FavorsHOST
My God, my God, my God in heaven today.
Luke JenningsHOST
Double team now by the Rock and Roll RPMs.
Luke JenningsHOST
Can I find out anything about Big Jack Eaton? I believe he was a news anchor on WMC because he would give results to the Monday night shows.
Luke JenningsHOST
He passed away in 2016, born 1929.
Luke JenningsHOST
Jack R. Eaton, better known as Jack Eaton, was known to thousands of University of Minnesota fans as the voice of the Tigers.
Luke JenningsHOST
He was in poor health.
Luke JenningsHOST
He began his broadcasting career in 1954 in Columbus, Georgia, and moved to Memphis two years later and joined WMC Radio and Television.
Luke JenningsHOST
There he served as a support director and anchor for WMC Television, Channel 5, and WMC AM74 from 1956 until 1991.
Luke JenningsHOST
His method of announcing the U of M games was very entertaining as he broadcast Tiger basketball from 1959 to 1987 and football from 1964 to 1986.
Beth BradenHOST
At the time this column was published, Fowler had just overseen the execution of Oscar Smith in May 2025.
Beth BradenHOST
Two months later, in August 2025, he oversaw Byron Black's execution, according to reporting from Action News 5 in Memphis.
Beth BradenHOST
I emailed Dr. Fowler on August 26th to ask him how he reconciles agreeing with Justice Blackmun and still participating in executions.
Beth BradenHOST
I didn't hear back.
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