MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two fugitives wanted for murder in separate states were arrested Tuesday in Memphis by the U.S. Marshals.
Kemarion Ward, 19, was taken into custody for First Degree Murder in connection with the December 10, 2023, shooting death of Germanaiee Stephans in Indianola, Mississippi. A warrant for Ward’s arrest was issued on January 24, 2024, in Sunflower County.
On February 9, the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Oxford, Mississippi, launched a manhunt and determined that Ward had fled to Memphis. He was located at a residence in the 3100 block of Duke Ellington Avenue in Hickory Hill, where he was arrested without incident.
He is currently being held at the Shelby County Detention Center awaiting extradition to Mississippi.
In a separate case, Thaddius Brown, 29, was arrested on charges of Second Degree Murder in New York. The U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force began investigating Brown on June 24, 2025. Investigators tracked him to Memphis, where they partnered with the Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force.
Just one hour after Ward’s arrest, authorities located Brown at a residence in the 6400 block of Crossbrook in Northeast Memphis. He too was taken into custody without resistance and is being held in Shelby County pending extradition to New York City.
The U.S. Marshals praised the collaborative effort between regional fugitive task forces, noting the importance of interagency cooperation in locating and apprehending violent offenders.
