TBI identifies man who died after being detained by police
The Memphis Police Department’s mobile command center was on Madison Avenue, Friday, Aug. 11. A man detained by MPD was taken away in an ambulance earlier in the day from an apartment complex at Madison and Auburndale Street. (Sam Hardiman/The Daily Memphian)
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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Memphis Police Department Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Courtney RossAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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