U.S. Marshals Arrest Mississippi Murder Suspect in Memphis

Memphis, TN – Mississippi homicide fugitive, Malcolm Kohn, was arrested today by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in Memphis. He was wanted out of Leflore County for Murder.

On August 4, 2025, Joshua Brewer was shot in front of a business in Greenwood, Mississippi. He was transported to a local hospital but died from his wounds. The next day, a warrant for the arrest of Malcolm Kohn was issued for this crime. The case was adopted for a fugitive investigation by the USMS Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force.

The Gulf Coast Task Force developed information that Kohn was at a residence in Memphis. The USMS Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) in Memphis was brought into the investigation.

On August 13, 2025, the TRVFTF, assisted by the Memphis Police Department Fugitive Apprehension Team, went to an address in the 900 block of Greer Street in Memphis. Kohn was located at the residence, hiding under a bed, and refusing to submit to arrest.

Marshals utilized its K-9 Marko resulting in Kohn’s surrender. He was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he awaits extradition to Mississippi.

The U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force is a multi-agency task force within Western Tennessee. The TRVFTF has offices in Memphis and Jackson, and its membership is primarily composed of Deputy U.S. Marshals, Shelby, Fayette, Tipton, and Gibson County Sheriff’s Deputies, Memphis and Jackson Police Officers, Tennessee Department of Correction Special Agents and the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Since 2021, the TRVFTF has captured over 3,000 violent offenders and sexual predators.

Source: U.S. Marshals Service, usmarshals.gov