There are 79 article(s) tagged Homicides:

• June 2019

  • Billy Ray Turner, co-defendant in Lorenzen Wright’s murder, pleads guilty to gun charge

    Billy Ray Turner, co-defendant in the slaying of NBA star Lorenzen Wright, pleaded guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a gun on Monday, June 17. The murder trial of Turner and Sherra Wright, ex-wife of Lorenzen Wright will begin Sept. 16. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 17, 2019

  • CrimeStoppers, police ask public for help in Glenn Cofield homicide

    CrimeStoppers and Memphis police urged the public to come forward with information in the fatal shooting of financial executive Glenn Cofield. A reward from various private donors and CrimeStoppers has reached $26,000. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 11, 2019

  • Reward of $26,000 reward offered for information in death of Glenn Cofield

    Memphis CrimeStoppers announces $26,000 reward for information leading to arrest in the shooting death of Memphis financial executive Glenn Cofield. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 11, 2019

• May 2019

  • A RELUCTANCE TO RECORD

    An investigation by the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis reveals MPD is a prominent outlier in a national movement among police departments to fully record the questioning of suspects during homicide investigations, making its detectives frequent targets for allegations of impropriety.

    By Marc Perrusquia May 17, 2019

  • Century-old homicide reports reflect timeless nature of crimes

    Old homicide records stored at the Main Library offer a glimpse into century-old crimes and the reasons behind them.

    By Yolanda Jones May 13, 2019

• April 2019

  • Sanford: Where Memphis mayoral candidates stand on crime

    As the 2019 city mayoral election starts to gain steam, there is little discussion about fighting violent crime, particularly by former mayor Willie Herenton and Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer, the two major opponents vying to unseat Jim Strickland.

    By Otis Sanford April 11, 2019

  • Woman charged in shooting death of Mississippi Boulevard pastor enters not guilty plea

    Prominent local defense attorney Leslie Ballin is representing Latoshia Daniels and entered a not guilty plea on her behalf Tuesday for the shooting death of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church Executive Pastor Brodes Perry.

    By Abigail Warren April 09, 2019

  • Man found guilty in 2016 murder of young mother

    Kwasi Corbin was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in the slaying of 18-year-old Myneishia Johnson, a young mother gunned down as she celebrated her upcoming high school graduation in Downtown Memphis on a summer night in 2016. 

    By Yolanda Jones April 06, 2019

  • Trial of man accused of killing young mother begins this week

    The trial begins this week for a man charged with killing a Booker T. Washington High School student days before she was set to graduate in 2016. 

    By Yolanda Jones April 01, 2019

• January 2019

  • Attorneys ask for change of venue in Lorenzen Wright murder case

    Attorneys for Sherra Wright have asked the court to bring in a jury from Davidson County to hear the murder case, fearing their client can not get a fair jury in Memphis. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 24, 2019

  • Memphis homicides up 5 percent in 2018

    Memphis reported 184 homicides in 2018, eight more than in 2017. The 5 percent increase is less than the record number of homicides in 2016, but authorities said one homicide is too many. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 07, 2019

• December 2018

  • Teen charged in Trenary homicide to be released from custody

    Rinisha Wright, the 16-year-old girl charged in connection with the death of former Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary, will be released from custody, but details surrounding her situation are unknown because a hearing Tuesday at Shelby County Juvenile Court was closed to the public.

    By Yolanda Jones December 11, 2018

• November 2018

  • Sherra Wright gets September trial date for Lorenzen Wright’s murder

    Sherra Wright, accused of fatally shooting her ex-husband, NBA player Lorenzen Wright, and dumping his body in a field in southeast Memphis in 2010, will stand trial for his murder in September.

    By Yolanda Jones November 29, 2018

  • Trenary hearing closed due to security in other juvenile case, court says

    Rinisha Wright, the 16-year-old girl charged along with two others in connection with the slaying of Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary, was back in court Tuesday but the media and others were barred from entering the courtroom as a security measure on another case, Shelby County Juvenile Court officials said.

    By Yolanda Jones November 27, 2018

  • Memphis and Shelby County homicide victims remembered with ceremony

    Jaylon Cohen was out with friends enjoying Fourth of July fireworks when he was shot in the parking lot of a Taco Bell in Bartlett.

    By Yolanda Jones November 27, 2018

  • Two suspects in Trenary homicide waive right to preliminary hearing

    Two of the three suspects accused in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary waived their rights to a preliminary hearing Tuesday and now their case will be sent to the grand jury for possible indictment on the murder charges.

    By Yolanda Jones November 20, 2018

  • Wilbourn sentenced to life without parole for murder of MPD officer Sean Bolton

    Memphis police officer Sean Bolton’s killer, Tremaine Wilbourn, will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.

    By Yolanda Jones November 06, 2018

  • Jury hears opening statements in death penalty trial of Tremaine Wilbourn

    The jury in the death penalty trial of Tremaine Wilbourn, the man charged with fatally shooting Memphis police Officer Sean Bolton, was selected Tuesdy night. Attorneys will present opening arguments Wednesday when the trial begins at 9 a.m.. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 02, 2018

  • Shelby County Medical Examiner testifies at death penalty trial

    Memphis police officer Sean Bolton was shot eight times last year on a Parkway Village street, and one of the bullets to his thigh pierced an artery killing him, according to Shelby County Medical Examiner Dr. Marco Ross.

    By Yolanda Jones November 02, 2018

• October 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

  • Trial set for August 2019 for mother charged in deaths of 4 children

    Shanynthia Gardner, charged with killing her four young children at her Shelby County apartment in 2016, will go to trial next summer, but whether it will be heard by a jury or the judge has not been decided.

    By Yolanda Jones October 18, 2018

  • V Live club called public nuisance to reopen

    A Hickory Hill club closed down as a public nuisance following two homicides is reopening under court supervision and will no longer be a strip club.

    By Yolanda Jones October 16, 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