Prosecutor wants to restore bail for suspect

The motion was filed Wednesday morning, but the office said processing of the brief began on Tuesday.

“The lower court acted contrary to these principles in the instant case,” the complaint states. “The court's misunderstanding and denial of its discretion to impose conditions of release when bail or surety bond amount had already been set resulted in the arbitrary decision to release the defendant. The finding that the court's decision was arbitrary is further supported by the underlying facts, including the five total victims, the serious injuries sustained by the primary victim, and the firing of the weapon aimed at the primary victim as he walked away from the interaction, which was said to have been a minor dispute over a parking space.”

Officials are frustrated with bail decision and demand new verdict

Wednesday afternoon, Tennessee Republican State Senator Brent Taylor, who represents Eads and parts of Shelby County, posted two letters on social media. In one letter, he asked Mulroy's office to file an emergency order, which the office said it had been working on before receiving the letter.

The brief was filed shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, said communications director Erica Williams.

The second letter called for an investigation by the Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct to determine whether Anderson violated state laws governing how judges set bail. Taylor has sent several such letters to the board since taking office, some of which resulted in a reprimand from judges in Shelby County. Anderson was reprimanded in February of this year for expressing distrust of the bail system.