There are 36 article(s) tagged shootings:

• October 2018

  • Death penalty trial begins in 2015 killing of Memphis police officer Sean Bolton

    Jury selection began Monday, Oct. 29, in the death penalty murder trial of Tremaine Wilbourn, the man charged in the 2015 killing of Memphis Police Department officer Sean Bolton. He is at least the fourth defendant since 2011 to face a capital-murder trial in Shelby County Criminal Court.

    By Yolanda Jones October 30, 2018

  • Attorney for one of suspects in Trenary case said others may be involved

    The two men accused in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary will be back in court Monday when their attorneys will seek to get a preliminary hearing date set in the case.

    By Yolanda Jones October 26, 2018

  • No mental evaluation for teen accused in Phil Trenary homicide

    Ranisha Wright, one of three people charged in connection with the death of Phil Trenary, will not undergo a mental evaluation her attorney told a Juvenile Court judge during a brief hearing Tuesday morning.

    By Yolanda Jones October 24, 2018

  • Man shot by Memphis police officer awake and talking, his attorney says

    Martavious Banks, the man shot Sept. 17 by a Memphis police officer, is awake and talking about the night he was critically wounded, an attorney representing him said during a press conference Thursday.

    By Yolanda Jones October 11, 2018

  • Lawsuit filed against city, police after man’s body was left in van for 49 days

    Attorneys representing the family of the man whose body was left in a van for seven weeks at the Memphis Police Department impound lot have filed a wrongful-death and negligence lawsuit against the city of Memphis and police director Michael Rallings.

    By Yolanda Jones October 11, 2018

  • FBI: Memphis ranks as 3rd most violent big city in US

    Memphis’ homicide rate was the third highest among the country’s 50 largest cities last year, according to the FBI’s latest data. In 2017, there were 181 homicides in Memphis, 28 deaths per 100,000 people in the city, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting statistics released last month.

    By Yolanda Jones October 09, 2018

  • Attorneys appointed for suspects in Trenary homicide

    Two suspects accused in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber leader Phil Trenary appeared in court for a second day where both were appointed attorneys and will return to court next week.

    By Yolanda Jones October 02, 2018

  • Suspects in Trenary homicide in court

    The family of one of the three suspects charged in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber leader Phil Trenary said Monday that they were in "disbelief" when they learned he was arrested in connection with the homicide.

    By Yolanda Jones October 01, 2018

• September 2018

  • Two teens in stolen truck crash charged, connection to Trenary slaying still unclear

    Memphis police have charged two teenagers who were found in a stolen pickup truck matching the description of the one seen fleeing the scene where Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary was shot and killed Thursday night.

    By Yolanda Jones September 29, 2018

  • Officers’ personnel records released in Banks shooting

    Personnel records of the three Memphis police officers involved in the shooting that critically wounded Martavious Banks earlier this month shed some light on their work history, including the fact this is the second time one of the officers has turned off his body camera during an incident.

    By Yolanda Jones September 27, 2018

  • State suspends liquor license of Purple Haze nightclub

    Purple Haze, a Downtown Memphis nightclub that announced last week it was closing indefinitely after four people were shot there, has now had its liquor license suspended by the state.

    By Yolanda Jones September 17, 2018