Teen charged in death of Memphis police officer pleads guilty
Devaron Taylor, 19, pleads guilty to his role in the death of Memphis police officer Joseph McKinney in April 2024. (Aarron Fleming/The Daily Memphian)
Joseph “Rusty” McKinney died April 12, 2024, during a shoot-out between 13 officers and two teenage suspects.
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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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