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The Memphis Shelby Crime Commission reported the major violent crime rate in Memphis declined 6.1% during the first three quarters of this year. However, major property crime was up 21.6% in the same period.
From January through October 2022, there were 201 murders and 244 homicides. During the same time period in 2021, there were 241 murders and 274 homicides.
The cause of death remains unknown until results from the autopsy report come back.
Many of the proposed bills would increase penalties for rape, kidnapping and other violent crimes and require the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to test rape kits faster.
“It’s important to this community. … It’s one step in a number of steps that we will continue to make to support the process,” the governor said.
It now takes the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation about 49 weeks to test the state’s rape kits, but some lawmakers hope to cut that time to 30 to 60 days.
During a campaign stop Thursday, Sept. 15, in Memphis, Dr. Jason Martin pointed to low funding levels for the TBI crime lab despite a state surplus of $2 billion
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says MPD should have acted more aggressively to solve the 2021 assault; DNA analysis was completed a few days after the disappearance of Eliza Fletcher. Eliza Fletcher’s alleged killer investigated in 2021 for rapeRelated story:
“We want to start by thanking everyone for their prayers and outpouring of support,” said Mike Keeney, uncle of Eliza Fletcher. “Liza has touched the hearts of many people, and it shows.” TBI, FBI join Memphis police in missing woman investigation MPD records show 100 reported kidnappings per year in MemphisRelated stories:
A sheriff’s deputy responding to a shooting in Cordova was struck struck him with his car, causing the deputy to be carried away on the hood of the vehicle.
At the request of the District Attorney’s office, TBI is investigating the incident.
Residents said they were woken up in the early hours of June 29 by multiple loud alerts informing them to be on the lookout for one of the two suspects accused of shooting officers in separate incidents.
The alleged members and associates of the Traveling Vice Lord/Junk Yard Dogs held positions within the gang, including chief of the streets, deck holder, enforcer, treasurer, chief of security and man of literature.
A 20-year-old Memphis man was shot and killed by a SCSO SWAT officer during a standoff and chase in Cordova, Wednesday, Jan. 26. John Hunt died on the scene.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed there was shooting involving three officers in Germantown on Sunday.
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.
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.
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.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting in the Frayser area Wednesday night.
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.