There are 6 article(s) tagged Carjacking:

• January 2023

  • MPD warns of carjackers posing as police

    A victim’s vehicle was taken in East Memphis by six male suspects posing as police officers.

    By Julia Baker January 12, 2023

• October 2022

  • Murder charge goes to grand jury in carjacking death of Eason-Williams

    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.

    By Alicia Davidson October 20, 2022

• July 2022

  • Sanford: Beloved faith leader’s murder should be catalyst to end gun violence

    “Police alone also can’t stop the violence. It will require a community-wide effort. And that includes the faith community.”

    By Otis Sanford July 21, 2022

• April 2022

  • Crime Crisis: Two women, 2 violent crimes, and the psychological scars that remain

    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. 

    By Don Wade April 22, 2022

• December 2020

  • Police look for ways to fight back as carjacking cases rise

    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.

    By Yolanda Jones December 06, 2020

• September 2020

  • Calkins: How a sophomore basketball player at BTW wound up dead at a Kroger gas station

    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.

    By Geoff Calkins September 25, 2020