Three suspects charged in shooting of officer
Keyon Moore, Zancarrion Johnson and Kayvus Jones have been charged in connection with the shooting.
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Keyon Moore, Zancarrion Johnson and Kayvus Jones have been charged in connection with the shooting.
The shooting occurred at the corner of Horn Lake Road and Horn Lake Cove in Southwest Memphis.
If a crime occurs at a business, investigators would be able to download surveillance footage directly from the business instead of having to request it — something that can take hours, MPD says.
By the end of the year, the Memphis Police Department hopes to add 10 officers to its traffic division, and the highway patrol plans to put 20 officers on Shelby County interstates.
Major violent crimes, like aggravated assaults, murders, rapes and robberies, are down for the first half of the year compared to the first half of 2021, according to the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission’s 2nd Quarter report released Wednesday, July 27.
A third suspect, an adult, has been arrested and charged with murder in the carjacking and slaying of Rev. Autura Eason-Williams.
The department’s No. 1 goal, according to its assistant chief of police services, is to expedite the 911 response time.
“She loved her family, her friends, her church and her community fiercely,” said Rev. Birgitte French, senior pastor of Colonial Park United Methodist Church. “She told the truth, but always in love. This is a devastating loss for all of us.”
The unit became operational Feb. 22 as part of a crime-reduction strategy conceived by MPD Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis.
The suspect, who who was charged with commission of an act of terrorism, was taken for medical treatment and evaluation.
The officer was transported to Regional One Health in critical condition and was later upgraded to a critical but stable condition. The suspect was taken into custody.
Another class of 100 recruits will soon go through the training academy.
Law enforcement officials said those arrested include fugitives, sex offenders and violent criminals wanted in Memphis and Shelby County.
“For the first six months of the year, the Memphis Police Department has made more drag racing arrests than they made in 2019 and 2020,” MPD Deputy Chief Paul Wright said.
The council also discussed the riverfront’s Cobblestone Landing, a blight and illegal dumping task force and police escorts for Donald Trump’s Southaven speech.
The City Council Scorecard examines a vote on a resolution to deny former President Donald Trump a police escort to his Saturday appearance in Southaven, Mississippi.
Local law enforcement and emergency responders are trying to keep people suffering from mental health crises out of the ER and out of jail.
Officers believed the driver involved in the crash had been shot.
Two weeks after a 1-year-old child died from being left in an unapproved transport vehicle outside a day care facility, parents around Shelby County worry the same thing could happen to their children.
He allegedly shot and killed a woman outside the facility in Horn Lake.
The incident occurred May 19. A 1-year-old was found in the day care vehicle during the afternoon after being left in the vehicle that morning.
Of the city’s roughly 1,900 commissioned officers, about 61% are on patrol.
Forty-three have been arrested as part of the initiative, announced in February, that focuses on arresting violent fugitives in counties that border the Mississippi River. It is a collaboration between the U.S. Marshals Office and 24 other federal, state, local and tribal partners.
Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis addressed a large crowd at the Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce, talking about gun violence, juvenile crime and how she saw “(traffic) volume in Atlanta, but Memphis has got mean drivers.”
The lawsuit contends the public has a right to know how police supervisors attempted to intervene with Eric Kelly and others.