Chief jailer seeks to dismiss himself from Gershun Freeman civil suit
Shelby County Chief Jailer Kirk Fields (left) filed a motion Friday, Nov. 10, to dismiss himself from the suit filed against him, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. and Shelby County government. Nicole Freeman — widow of the deceased Gershun Freeman, who died at the Shelby County Jail in October 2022 — filed the suit in April. (Jim Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
One of the defendants in the civil wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of an inmate who died last year at the Shelby County Jail has filed to dismiss himself from the suit.
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Shelby County Jail Shelby County Sheriff Floyd BonnerAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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