There are 64 article(s) tagged officer-involved shooting:

• February 2019

  • Officers identified in fatal shooting of 20-year-old man in Whitehaven

    Brandon Jones, Carlos Donaldson and Timothy Hamilton have been identified by authorities as the three Memphis police officers in the deadly shooting of a 20-year-old man in Whitehaven on Jan. 2. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 02, 2019

  • Darrius Stewart case: Judge denies motion for appeal, trial set for Feb. 25

    Federal judge on Friday denied a motion by Darrius Stewart’s attorneys to file an appeal on the ruling that dismissed the city of Memphis from civil lawsuit. The Feb. 25 trial is set to proceed in the case, and Stewart’s attorneys said they may then file appeals in the case. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 01, 2019

• January 2019

  • Judge in Darrius Stewart civil rights lawsuit: Officer’s use of deadly force was ‘not reasonable’

    The federal judge in the civil rights lawsuit brought by Darrius Stewart's parents says former Memphis Police officer Connor Schilling was not in “serious danger” the night of the shooting and his use of deadly force was “not reasonable.”

    By Yolanda Jones January 29, 2019

  • Federal judge dismisses city from Darrius Stewart civil suit

    Court documents show the city of Memphis has been removed as a defendant from a civil suit filed by the mother of 19-year-old Darrius Stewart, who was killed in an officer-involved shooting in 2015. But the police officer who killed Stewart remains a defendant in the suit. 

    By Jared Boyd January 26, 2019

  • TBI: 20-year-old man killed in Memphis officer-involved shooting

    A 20-year-old man is dead after he was shot by Memphis police officers Wednesday night in Whitehaven during a domestic violence incident, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Memphis Police Department said.

    By Yolanda Jones January 03, 2019

• December 2018

  • TBI: Man’s gun in fatal officer-involved shooting was BB gun

    The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has determined the gun a man allegedly brandished before a Memphis police officer shot and killed him Thursday, Dec. 13, was a BB gun.

    By Yolanda Jones December 14, 2018

• October 2018

  • Victim in officer-involved shooting was wanted in recent interstate shooting

    The man shot and killed by Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies early Wednesday was wanted in connection with one of several recent interstate shootings, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

    By Yolanda Jones October 18, 2018

  • Telling police officers to keep silent undermines investigations and cripples justice

    Picture this scenario: A man with a gun is chasing on foot another man, who may or may not be armed.

    By Otis Sanford October 18, 2018

  • Memphis police union tells officers not to talk to TBI

    The Memphis Police Association is advising police officers not to talk to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation when the state agency is investigating officer-involved shootings, the TBI was told Sunday. The advice includes police officers who witnessed shootings but are not involved. 

    By Omer Yusuf October 16, 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

  • Banks shooting pulls MPD into national fray over reliability, proper use of bodycams

    One by one, police dashboard cameras malfunctioned that chilly night in Chicago.

    By Marc Perrusquia October 08, 2018

  • Man, 39, killed in officer-involved shooting in Bartlett; TBI investigating

    Authorities were on the scene Wednesday morning after an officer-involved shooting led to the death of a man on Stage Road near the Bartlett-Memphis border.

    By Clay Bailey & Yolanda Jones October 03, 2018

• September 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

  • Activists continue to demand answers in wake of Memphis officer-involved shooting

    As Martavious Banks remains on life support after being shot by a Memphis police officer Sept. 17, his family and activists marched to the Memphis Police Association office Wednesday afternoon after it was revealed that one of the officers involved in the shooting is the son of the head of the police union.

    By Yolanda Jones September 27, 2018