A day after protesters clashed with police over the fatal shooting in Frayser of a 20-year-old man by U.S. Marshals, new details began to emerge and the victim's family began seeking answers.

The shooting victim, 20-year-old Brandon Webber, was wanted on warrants stemming from a June 3 incident in Hernando, Mississippi, authorities said.

In the area around Wednesday night's violence, things were quiet Thursday evening. A few people milled about in the area – one car kept driving past with the occupants yelling profanities about police – but no problems were apparent. There was no indication of increased police presence.

During an afternoon press conference in Hernando, District Attorney John Champion said the circumstances that ended with Webber's shooting death Wednesday evening began with a car transaction in the DeSoto County city.

Champion said Webber was wanted on warrants for aggravated assault, conspiracy and armed robbery after he stole a car from a Hernando resident who had listed the car for sale on Facebook.

Investigators believe Webber used a fake Facebook account and phone number to contact the victim about buying the car and negotiated with him throughout the day leading up to the incident.

Police believe Webber and a second suspect drove to Hernando, but the second man wasn’t present for the test drive and shooting. The Marshal's Service was looking for the second man, who is also believed to be in Memphis, Champion said.

During the test drive, Webber stopped the vehicle and asked the owner to take the wheel. As they walked behind the car, "Mr. Webber met him with a pistol and shot him five times," Champion said.

The victim was airlifted to Regional One Hospital in Memphis and remains hospitalized. He's expected to make a full recovery.

The incident occurred about 10 p.m. June 3 on Hill Street near M.L. King Drive in Hernando.

Warrants were issued June 8 after Hernando police identified Webber as a suspect through social media and other methods, and the victim confirmed Webber's identity from photographs, Champion said.

Champion added that federal marshals were "very aware" they were looking for someone accused of being a violent felon. 

Champion said it’s common for warrants for violent offenders who are believed to be out of state to be turned over to the U.S. Marshal Service.

The Birmingham-based Marshal Service’s Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force covers Alabama, Mississippi and parts of adjoining states, including Memphis and West Tennessee.

Whether U.S. marshals are used for fugitive warrants “depends on the circumstances,” the DeSoto district attorney said. “They are more apt to capture violent fugitives as opposed to somebody who stole a car or forged a check or something of that nature. More typically they get involved with the violent suspects,” Champion said.

With lesser offenses, Hernando Police Chief Scott Worsham said, “you issue your warrants, you put them on NCIC (National Crime Information Computer), you would call whatever jurisdiction you believe that person to be in, let them know, hey, we’re looking for this guy.”

Champion defended the U.S. Marshals' action, saying: “It wasn’t something where they just went roughshod up into Memphis trying to find somebody and this occurred. This was a violent felon who obviously did not want to go to jail, and you know, they ended up, from my knowledge, having to do what they had to do up there, not only to protect themselves but other people around them, in the neighborhood.”

Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich also issued a statement Thursday, saying she had requested the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation look into the case after Webber was shot. 

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said, meanwhile, the violent rock-throwing and window-breaking in the area around the shooting at Overton Crossing and Durham Street was “unwarranted.”

“It appears that hundreds of rocks or bricks were thrown at these officers,” Strickland told The Daily Memphian Thursday morning.

Strickland added, however: “The loss of one life is tragic, and I do grieve for the loss of this young man. And I grieve for his family.” 

TBI continuing investigation into chaotic officer-involved Frayser shooting death

Strickland said at least 26 Memphis police officers and Shelby County sheriff’s deputies were injured, six requiring hospital treatment for injuries. Numerous police cars were vandalized, the windows of a nearby Memphis fire station were broken out, and a concrete wall outside a business was torn down.

Updated figures Thursday afternoon on the MPD Twitter account showed a total of 36 MPD officers and Shelby County Sheriff's Office deputies received minor injuries from objects being thrown. Several were taken to the hospital in noncritical condition, and all have been released.

MPD also said three individuals were arrested. The three adults, whose identities were not released, were charged with disorderly conduct, and one of the three was charged with inciting a riot.

Additionally, 15 police vehicles were damaged, three SCSO vehicles were damaged and five from other agencies received damage.

Also Thursday, various organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP, released statements on the shooting. 

The ACLU extended condolences to the Webber family and questioned whether other attempts were made to resolve the situation.

"While we in no way condone violence against police officers, the boiling point reached by some individuals in the crowd last night is the consequence of decades of injustice, discrimination and violence against black people in Memphis and beyond," Tennessee ACLU Executive Director Hedy Weinberg said in the statement.

The NAACP statement questioned whether the officers involved were wearing body cameras and, like the ACLU, asked if there was "a better way to engage" Webber. 

In the midst of the chaos was the family of the man killed. They were trying to make sense Thursday of what happened.

Webber’s aunt, Sandra Gray, said she was at a nearby AutoZone when she overheard people discussing a fatal police shooting in the area.

“When they said Brandon Webber was killed, I almost fell out because that is my nephew,” Gray said.

She, along with other family members, rushed to the scene. When they saw the crowd of protesters and police, they opted to go to a nearby relative’s house. 

“We don’t know what happened, but what we do know is that Brandon was killed by police,” Gray said.

The incident began in the early evening as the U.S. Marshals-Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force searched for a suspect "wanted on multiple warrants," according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. They spotted the man getting into a vehicle outside a residence.

"While attempting to stop the individual," a TBI release stated, "he reportedly rammed his vehicle into the officers’ vehicles multiple times before exiting with a weapon. The officers fired striking and killing the individual. No officers were injured."

The Marshal’s Service called Memphis police and the sheriff’s office for backup as a large crowd gathered at the apartment complex after the shooting.

The crowd of more than 100 spilled into the street at the intersection of Overton Crossing and Argonne. Protesters faced off with police who were in full tactical gear. Some in the crowd hurled concrete chunks torn from a wall at a nearby store at officers. The concrete rocks, tree limbs and beer and soda cans struck the police shields of officers.

When the crowd surged forward, police chanting “move” inched toward the crowd in unison. Earlier in the evening, one man was videotaped destroying a police cruiser with a plastic chair.

Memphis police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd as rain moved into the area about 10 p.m.

Community activist and pastor DeVante Hill was at Bible study at his church in Frayser when he said the constant wail of police sirens caused them to end the service early. When he arrived on the scene, he said he was “horrified” to learn about the shooting of a young African-American man by law enforcement.

“I’m horrified because we keep getting set back five steps every time an incident like this happens,” said Hill, who marched with protesters who shut down the Hernando DeSoto bridge in 2016. “We need answers and transparency from the mayor, legislators and the police.”

Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer, who is challenging Strickland in this year’s race for Memphis mayor, was critical of the police tactics. Her district includes the Frayser area.

“The rain is the only reason the tear gas tonight didn’t permeate the entire neighborhood,” Sawyer tweeted Tuesday evening. “I still can’t believe that move was made.”

Don’t judge Frayser without asking a community how it feels to mourn their youth over and over again. What do people do with their pain and trauma when it gets to be too much, when a city has ignored them, when their loss is too great and they can no longer yell at the sky?

— Tami Sawyer (@tamisawyer) June 13, 2019

“Don’t judge Frayser without asking a community how it feels to mourn their youth over and over again,” Sawyer tweeted later. “What do people do with their pain and trauma when it gets to be too much, when a city has ignored them, when their loss is too great and they can no longer yell at the sky?”

Strickland said he plans to talk with community groups in Frayser. Some of those groups involved in ex-offender re-entry programs and summer youth programs hosted a visit Tuesday by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee.

“Frayser also has great neighborhood associations, civic organizations, neighborhood watch organizations – I think everyone has a voice in this and their voice needs to be heard,” Strickland said.