MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A shot was fired at a Memphis television station on Tuesday, but no one was wounded, the station said. The suspect then hid in a nearby business before he was arrested about two hours later, police said. WHBQ, the Fox affiliate in Tennessee’s second-largest city, reported that the shot was fired about 11:30 a.m. […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Two Memphis police officers and a suspect were wounded in a shooting during a foot chase in the city, authorities said. The shooting occurred after officers responded to a report of a person with a gun at a convenience store shortly before 7:30 p.m. Thursday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. […]
The Memphis City Council votes at 4:45 p.m. ET on March 7 on a third and final reading of police reforms enacted in response to the death of Tyre Nichols. Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old male from Memphis, died three days after a violent arrest by Memphis Police. All five police officers involved were charged with […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A man has been charged with participating in a Memphis shooting that left one person dead and 10 others injured. Julius Michael Freeman, 21, of Memphis, admitted to driving the shooter to and from the area where the gunman opened fire early Sunday and to handing him a rifle from the trunk of Freemen’s […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—One person was killed and 10 were injured early Sunday after a shooting in Tennessee, according to a news release from the Memphis Police Department posted on Twitter. Police released photos of three men they said are persons of interest shortly before noon on Sunday. One of the men may have been injured and […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Five former Memphis police officers on Friday pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges stemming from last month’s death of Tyre Nichols. Police video captured images of the officers beating and kicking Nichols, hitting him with a baton, spraying him with pepper spray and firing a stun gun at him on Jan. […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Two people were wounded and a third person suffered a medical problem Thursday in a shooting stemming from a fight at a large mall in suburban Memphis, Tennessee, police said. Memphis police and other law enforcement agencies went to Wolfchase Galleria at about 4:50 p.m. after receiving an emergency call of shots being fired. […]
More Memphis police officers are expected to face disciplinary charges following further findings from an investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols, an official said on Tuesday. Jennifer Sink, chief legal officer for the city of Memphis, told council members that the number of officers disciplined for policy violations could rise to 13, noting that […]
The Memphis Police Department fired a sixth officer on Friday as it announced further findings from its internal investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols. Nichols, 29, passed away in the hospital on Jan. 10, three days after a violent encounter with five Memphis police officers during a traffic stop that ultimately ended with Nichols succumbing […]
