There are 7 article(s) tagged Carjacking:
Madeline Johnson was carjacked almost a year ago. This weekend, it nearly happened again. Now this 25-year-old Memphis transplant is thinking about moving away from a city she has come to love.
A victim’s vehicle was taken in East Memphis by six male suspects posing as police officers.
A judge ruled Wednesday, Oct. 19, that there is enough evidence to send the first-degree murder charge against Eduard Tabora to the grand jury.
“Police alone also can’t stop the violence. It will require a community-wide effort. And that includes the faith community.”
A woman who was carjacked and another whose son was killed don’t know one another. But they share a bond. Both lives were devastated by violent crime.
Carjackings are “basically a crime of opportunity,” said Lt. Jimmy Lewis of MPD’s Violent Crimes Unit. And this year, he said, police are seeing guns used more often during the crimes.
A year ago, Cameron Pryor was on a winning team. On Monday, he was killed trying to carjack an SUV. His shooting may have been ruled justified, but the path that took him to that Kroger was a civic tragedy.
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