Sheriff’s deputy stabbed, suspect shot and killed in Downtown Memphis
Several Sheriff's Office deputies let a field commander through the police tape that was blocking off Poplar in the wake of an officer-involved shooting in Downtown Memphis Monday, Aug. 5. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
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.
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Yolanda Jones
Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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