TBI: Man’s gun in fatal officer-involved shooting was BB gun
Two Memphis police officers responded to a call around 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, about a person said to be pointing a gun at motorists along James Road. TBI's public information office announced that the situation escalated and resulted in one of the officers firing at the subject and killing him. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)
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Memphis Police Department officer-involved shooting Raleigh Tennessee Bureau of InvestigationYolanda Jones
Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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