Man killed during ‘physical altercation’ with Collierville police
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into what caused an officer to fire his weapon, killing 30-year-old Antwon Booker.
Topic: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
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March 2024
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November 2023
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Ex-MPD officer pleads guilty to reckless endangerment
William Skelton, 38, made the plea Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Shelby County Criminal Court Division 3 Judge James Jones Jr.‘s courtroom.
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October 2023
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TBI rape kit processing times greatly improve after funding boost
Turnaround times at the Jackson Crime Lab, which processes sexual assault evidence kits from Memphis, decreased from 51 weeks to 18 weeks between July 2022 and August 2023. Last year, the numbers were getting worse.
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August 2023
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Inmate dies at 201 Poplar, the fourth death there this year
A 70-year-old jail inmate died Aug. 22 while in custody at the jail. His body was sent out for an autopsy, TBI said.
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Family of man who died in police custody demands answers
Activists and family members gathered in front of Memphis Police Department headquarters, 170 N. Main Street, shortly after lunchtime Friday to demand information and video about the death of Courtney Ross.
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TBI identifies man who died after being detained by police
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released the name of a 19-year-old man who died after being detained by Memphis police in Midtown Friday.
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Man charged in Margolin Hebrew Academy shooting
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has charged a man in connection to a shooting at Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South in East Memphis.
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June 2023
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TBI identifies driver who died in traffic stop with sheriff’s deputy
The TBI identified the driver Monday as 21-year-old Jarveon Hudspeth. Hudspeth was killed Saturday after an altercation with a Shelby County Sheriff’s deputy.
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Sheriff’s Office, TBI share details of deadly traffic stop
When the driver took off, the deputy was caught between the door and the car, and dragged approximately 100 yards, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said during a press conference.
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TBI: Local police, courts slow to submit criminal information for background checks
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says staffing, grants and tech upgrades would help it enter backlogged criminal information into the background-check system.
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April 2023
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Active shooter training outlines steps to DEFEND
The training came nearly a month after three students and three teachers were killed at Covenant School in Nashville, which previously received private security consulting from Defend Systems.
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TBI will not be required to analyze rape kits within 30 days as some hoped
Lawmakers put on ice a bill requiring the TBI to test rape kits in 30 days after bureau officials said it would be “exorbitantly expensive” to meet that goal.
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March 2023
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One MPD officer released from hospital, other stable after shooting
A man has been charged in the Whitehaven shooting that resulted in the gunshot injuries of two Memphis Police Department officers Thursday, March 30.
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TBI investigating Whitehaven shooting that hospitalized two officers
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TBI, security consulting firm to provide free active-shooting training
Defend Systems, in partnership with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, is conducting the training, which was organized before the school shooting occurred in Nashville Monday, March 27. The sessions will take place April 19 and 20 at St. Mary’s Episcopal School.
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TBI identifies woman fatally shot by deputy
“The female driver, who was the only individual in the vehicle, was pronounced deceased at the scene.”
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Officer-involved shooting leaves one person dead
The TBI believes the incident in Fayette County that prompted the response from SCSO officers was domestic violence related.
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January 2023
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Man dies after confrontation with Memphis police officers
The incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, near Raines and Ross roads in southeast Memphis.
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TBI to investigate after officer fires at suspect fleeing Collierville sporting goods store
The incident began with a shoplifting call in the Collierville Crossing shopping center.
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December 2022
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Man dies after exchanging fire with Memphis police officer, TBI says
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into the events that led to a shooting on the 4700 block of Cochese Road.
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Police identify suspects connected to man shot by officer
The shooting occurred in the 4900 block of Cimmaron Drive around 12:15 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9.
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Suspect dies after officer-involved shootout; TBI investigating
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating circumstances that led to the death of a suspect after a shootout with Memphis police officers.
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TBI offering $2M contract to test 1,000 sexual assault kits
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued a request for proposals on Monday, Dec. 5, for contractors to test around 1,000 backlogged sexual assault kits by next summer.
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TBI investigating shooting resulting in officer critically injured, suspect dead
A Memphis Police Officer was shot multiple times and transported to Regional One Health. The subject who fired shots at the officer was struck and pronounced dead at the scene.
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November 2022
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Suspect shot by officer; TBI investigating
The incident began around 10:40 a.m., when a citizen reported four individuals with guns at an apartment complex near the Hollywood branch library.
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TBI, DCS tell governor: Hiring is easier when we can pay more
“It is no secret that DCS has failed to hire and retain staff and, as a result, has seen unusually high caseload averages throughout the state,” DCS Commissioner Margie Quin told Gov. Bill Lee and his budget advisers on Nov. 17.
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