Downtown shooting critically injures man
Officers responded to the shooting in the 200 block of Union Avenue at 11:34 p.m.
Topic: Memphis Police Department
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June 2025
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A push for license plate readers could bring back car inspections
It’s been 12 years since the City of Memphis ended mandatory annual auto inspections, but an effort to weed out counterfeit temporary tags could reverse that decision.
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Police officer fatally shoots man in Parkway Village
At 5:48 a.m., officers responded to an armed party call at a Shell gas station at South Goodlett Street and Winchester Road.
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Man accused of trying to kidnap mayor had list of other officials’ names
The list was discovered in a storage unit the accused man, Trenton Abston, owns, according to testimony from a Memphis Police Department sergeant.
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Ceremony remembers those killed by Memphis police
Families of people slain by Memphis police came together Saturday. They included those whose deaths were deemed unjust as well as others whose deaths were ruled justified.
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Alleged Young stalker ‘not a bad man,’ family says
“I know the conditions of the release. But he just wants to talk to him and I’m gonna ask the mayor, is he too busy?” the man’s uncle said. “(He’s) the mayor of the city. If he’s got a citizen that wants to talk to him, talk to him.”
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Alleged trespasser was ‘angry’ with Mayor Young
Court documents reveal details about the man who was arrested for on suspicion of aggravated criminal trespassing, stalking and criminal attempted kidnapping.
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Man dies after being shot by Memphis police officer
The shooting happened after police approached “a large group of individuals in the parking lot of a business,” according to TBI.
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Memphis police shoot man in Orange Mound
A Memphis police officer shot and critically wounded the driver of a vehicle in Orange Mound late Friday night after the suspect allegedly accelerated into another officer with the car, officials said.
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Judge recuses himself in Tyré Nichols case
A federal judge has recused himself in the case of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the 2023 death of Tyré Nichols.
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Everybody Speeds: ‘You never know what you’re going to encounter’
A retired Memphis police officer reveals what a traffic stop is like from the officer’s perspective.
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Everybody Speeds: Memphis-area tickets are down, but traffic deaths are up
The number of speeding tickets dropped in 2020 and has never increased back to pre-pandemic numbers. The number of fatalities have gone the other way.
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May 2025
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Three dead in fiery crash on Interstate 240, police say
Five cars were involved in the deadly collision on Interstate 240 near the Hollywood exit that backed up traffic for four hours, police say.
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How Memphis police salaries have increased since 2016
Memphis police officers are poised to secure a 5% pay raise.
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Four of 5 suspects named in latest MPD operation are not in jail
Operation Rolling Thunder resulted in 160 arrests, including 50 known gang members, according to the Memphis Police Department. But MPD only revealed names of 49 people who it said were arrested during the operation.
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DOJ report finds MPD discriminates against Black residents
A roundup of all The Daily Memphian’s coverage of the report — including a synopsis of the Department of Justice’s findings along with the responses to it — can be found here.
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DOJ dropping MPD investigation ‘does not change anything,’ mayor says
The U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday, May 21, that it was dropping the civil rights investigation into the Memphis Police Department and retracting its previous findings into MPD.
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‘Precision policing’ effort results in arrest of 50 gang members
Operation Rolling Thunder resulted in the arrest of 160 people and the seizure of guns, drugs and cash.
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MPD makes arrest in Memphis Allies shooting
Six people were shot, one fatally, during a drive-by shooting at a Memphis Allies meeting in Hickory Hill on April 9.
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Tyre Nichols trial: Former MPD officers found not guilty on all counts
Here are some observations from the state courtroom, the federal trial in September 2024 and the case overall.
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Memphis mayor, police chief encourage city to ‘heal together’
Following a not guilty verdict in the trial of three former police officers for the death of Tyre Nichols, Chief C.J. Davis said her departments is “committed to rebuilding trust and working together toward a stronger, safer Memphis for all.”
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Use-of-force expert testimony continues
Don Cameron, who also testified in the federal trial for the officers last year, agreed there are limitations to his testimony in that he was not present for Tyre Nichols’ initial traffic stop or later beating.
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Testimony concludes on fourth day of Tyre Nichols trial
Thursday afternoon’s testimony in the trial of three former police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols included two witnesses: a forensic pathologist and one of the EMTs who treated Nichols on the scene.
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Preston Hemphill testifies about night of Tyre Nichols’ beating
After a late start Thursday morning, May 1, the trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols continued.
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MSCS, police discuss safety, but few were there to hear
Officials with Memphis-Shelby County Schools and local law enforcement, who were most of the audience, held a community forum that focused on gun safety, mental health and marijuana use.
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