Injured officer in fatal Downtown crash identified
MPD Officer Bobby Fields remains at Regional One Health in “very serious condition” after the Aug. 2 collision at Mississippi and Danny Thomas boulevards that took the lives of MPD Officer Demetrice Johnson and civilian Rantavious Johnson. (Aarron Fleming/The Daily Memphian)
In addition to the injured officer, the Aug. 2 crash, which occurred Downtown near Danny Thomas and Mississippi boulevards, killed officer Demetrice Johnson and a civilian.
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Memphis Police DepartmentAarron 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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