There are 42 article(s) tagged officer-involved shooting:

• March 2020

  • No charges to be filed against Bartlett officers in fatal standoff

    DA: No charges to be filed against Bartlett officers who shot and killed a man during a standoff/barricade in 2018. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 10, 2020

• February 2020

  • Brandon Webber was shot 16 times, according to autopsy

    Brandon Webber, the Frayser man shot and killed by a task force last summer, was shot multiple times including two fatal shots to his head, according to an autopsy report. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 20, 2020

  • Darrius Stewart’s mother files new lawsuit against former officer

    Mary Stewart, the mother of Darrius Stewart, the teen shot and killed in 2015 by Memphis police officer Connor Schilling, has filed a new civil lawsuit seeking $17 million in damages from the former officer. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 11, 2020

• December 2019

  • Man killed by Memphis police after altercation

    A man was shot and killed by Memphis Police Department officers in Frayser Thursday night. TBI has taken charge of the case.

    By Omer Yusuf December 27, 2019

• November 2019

  • Shelby County deputies justified in man’s shooting death, D.A. says

    The officer-involved shooting death of 40-year-old Jason Matthew Hill has been ruled justified by the Shelby County Dist. Atty. Amy Weirich. No charges will be filed against the deputies, who have not been identified. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 04, 2019

• October 2019

  • Families of police shooting victims gather for weekend event

    Family members who have lost loved ones in officer-involved shootings discuss their loss at a two-day event.

    By Yolanda Jones October 26, 2019

  • DA: No criminal wrongdoing by deputies in 2018 fatal officer-involved shooting

    No charges filed against deputies in the 2018 fatal shooting of 19-year-old Keyshon Parham. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 17, 2019

• September 2019

  • TBI ID man killed in officer-involved shooting in South Memphis

    A man was killed by Shelby County Sheriff's deputies in an officer-involved shooting Wednesday afternoon in the South Memphis area. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 19, 2019

  • Martavious Banks files $10 million federal lawsuit against city, officers

    Martavious Banks, 26, shot by Memphis police during a traffic stop, has filed a $10 million civil lawsuit in federal court against the officers and the city. The suit claims excessive force was used during the incident and that his constitutional rights were violated. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 18, 2019

• August 2019

  • Martavious Banks, man shot by police, pleads guilty to evading arrest

    Martavious Banks, shot by a Memphis police officer in 2018, pleaded guilty to evading officers and possession of a gun. He was placed on probation for two years. 

    By Yolanda Jones August 29, 2019

  • Sheriff’s deputy stabbed, suspect shot and killed in Downtown Memphis

    A Shelby County Sheriff's deputy was stabbed and a man identified as James Lee Kirkwood was killed by the officer during an officer-involved shooting incident Downtown Monday morning.

    By Yolanda Jones, Bill Dries August 06, 2019

• July 2019

  • Charges released against suspect following Collierville officer-involved shooting

    A suspect involved in “possible narcotic activity” has been injured after a Collierville officer-involved shooting in the 200 block of South Byhalia about 12:30 a.m.

    By Abigail Warren July 23, 2019

  • Alleged Brandon Webber accomplice waives extradition

    A man who authorities say was the accomplice of Brandon Webber when Webber allegedly shot a Hernando, Mississippi, man five times and stole his car was not involved, his attorney said in court Monday.

    By Yolanda Jones July 08, 2019

• June 2019

  • Dual life of Brandon Webber not uncommon, experts say

    Brandon Webber was an honor student, a rapper and a young father. But he was also accused in a violent carjacking where a Hernando man was shot five times. The duality of Webber is what some young people in Memphis face. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 25, 2019

  • Memphis police return to normal status after Frayser unrest

    The Memphis Police Department has returned to normal alert status following last week’s protest unrest in Frayser. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 18, 2019

  • Mother calls for peace after fatal officer-involved shooting in Frayser

    Jaleta Clark spoke before a crowd of mourners and supporters at a vigil outside her home in Frayser. Clark's son, Brandon Webber, was killed in a confrontation with a U.S. Marshals task force on Wednesday evening, sparking an upheaval in the community.

    By Jared Boyd June 15, 2019

  • State senator calls for ‘thorough’ investigation of Webber shooting

    State Sen. Katrina Robinson wants a "transparent and thorough" investigation into the shooting death of Brandon Webber, saying the details are "unclear."

    By Sam Stockard June 14, 2019

  • ‘All we can do is cry,’ says family of shooting victim

    The family of Brandon Webber, the 20-year-old man shot and killed Wednesday by U.S. Marshals serving arrest warrants at a Frayser home, want answers about the fatal officer-involved shooting. The shooting sparked protesters to clash with police. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 14, 2019

  • Shooting details emerge after police, demonstrators clash in Frayser

    A day after protesters clashed with police over the fatal shooting in Frayser of a 20-year-old man by U.S. Marshals, new details began to emerge and the victim's family began seeking answers.

    By Yolanda Jones, Bill Dries, Wayne Risher June 14, 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

  • No charges to be filed against MPD officer in 2018 fatal shooting

    Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich said her office will not file charges against a Memphis police officer in the 2018 officer-involved fatal shooting of a man on Summer Avenue.

    By Yolanda Jones June 11, 2019

  • Collierville police in fatal officer-involved shooting on town’s north side

    Collierville police were called to the home of David Hoal on Sunday night, about 12 hours before he was shot to death in a confrontation with the suburb's officers

    By Abigail Warren June 03, 2019

• May 2019

  • DA will not seek charges against officers in Martavious Banks shooting

    Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich announced in a statement Friday she is not seeking criminal charges against any of the four Memphis police officers in the shooting of Martavious Banks last September.

    By Omer Yusuf May 10, 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

• February 2019

  • Darrius Stewart family vows to keep fighting, appeal ruling

    A month after a federal judge dismissed the City of Memphis from a civil lawsuit filed by the parents of Darrius Stewart, attorneys representing his parents have filed a notice of appeal in hopes of reversing the summary judgment. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 26, 2019