There are 15 article(s) tagged Tennessee Bureau of Investigation:

• March 2020

  • Positive COVID-19 test of TBI employee contributes to delays in processing firearm applications

    A rush to buy guns by residents fearing the COVID-19 impact, coupled with a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation employee testing positive for the virus, has created a backlog with background checks. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 20, 2020

  • Crime lab move to Jackson will have little impact, TBI director says

    The TBI crime lab in Memphis is moving to Jackson next year. What does the move mean for evidence processed in criminal cases? Officials say there will be little or no impact. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 16, 2020

• June 2019

  • Frayser needs ‘a seat at the table’ to deal with Brandon Webber death

    Following the shooting death of Brandon Webber in Frayser, state Sen. Sara Kyle contends the community’s residents need to be made a part of the dialogue to stop such incidents.

    By Sam Stockard June 21, 2019

  • TBI continuing investigation into chaotic officer-involved Frayser shooting death

    The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting in the Frayser area Wednesday night.

    By Yolanda Jones June 13, 2019

• April 2019

  • Mother of man fatally shot by Memphis police in 2018 files federal lawsuit

    The mother of a man shot and killed by Memphis police in April 2018 has filed a federal lawsuit against the city and the police department, saying the officers who killed her son used excessive force and violated his civil and constitutional rights.

    By Yolanda Jones April 26, 2019

• January 2019

  • TBI: 20-year-old man killed in Memphis officer-involved shooting

    A 20-year-old man is dead after he was shot by Memphis police officers Wednesday night in Whitehaven during a domestic violence incident, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Memphis Police Department said.

    By Yolanda Jones January 03, 2019

• December 2018

  • TBI: Man’s gun in fatal officer-involved shooting was BB gun

    The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has determined the gun a man allegedly brandished before a Memphis police officer shot and killed him Thursday, Dec. 13, was a BB gun.

    By Yolanda Jones December 14, 2018

• November 2018

  • Shelby County organizing legislative agenda for General Assembly

    Additional funding for TBI tops Shelby County government’s list of requests to the Tennessee General Assembly for its upcoming legislative session in January.

    By Omer Yusuf November 26, 2018

  • Rallings says answer to police shootings is to support law enforcement

    Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings led a chorus this week of the law enforcement agencies who have an agreement with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to investigate fatal shootings by police: Leave the agreement as it is.

    By Bill Dries November 22, 2018

• October 2018

  • Commission approves resolution asking DOJ to continue Juvenile Court oversight

    The Shelby County Commission has approved a resolution proclaiming a vote of no confidence in the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to end federal oversight of Shelby County Juvenile Court.

    By Omer Yusuf October 30, 2018

  • Memphis police union tells officers not to talk to TBI

    The Memphis Police Association is advising police officers not to talk to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation when the state agency is investigating officer-involved shootings, the TBI was told Sunday. The advice includes police officers who witnessed shootings but are not involved. 

    By Omer Yusuf October 16, 2018

  • Man, 39, killed in officer-involved shooting in Bartlett; TBI investigating

    Authorities were on the scene Wednesday morning after an officer-involved shooting led to the death of a man on Stage Road near the Bartlett-Memphis border.

    By Clay Bailey & Yolanda Jones October 03, 2018

• September 2018

  • Mother of shooting victim calls for federal investigation, arrest of officers

    The mother of Martavious Banks, the man shot by Memphis police on Monday evening, stood on the street where he was shot earlier this week and demanded the names of the officers who critically wounded her son and that they be arrested.

    By Yolanda Jones September 20, 2018

  • State Rep. Hardaway to revive legislation on officer-involved shooting investigations

    With questions surrounding the shooting of Martavious Banks by a Memphis Police officer, state Rep. G.A. Hardaway is set to renew legislation requiring the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to take control of officer-involved shooting probes.

    By Sam Stockard September 20, 2018

  • Memphis Police: 3 officers did not turn on body cameras during police shooting

    The Memphis Police Department said an officer who critically wounded a 25-year-old man in a shooting in South Memphis Monday night did not record the encounter because he and two other officers failed to turn on their body and in-car cameras during the incident.

    By Yolanda Jones September 19, 2018