Corrections Center inmate found unresponsive, dies 2 days later
The inmate was taken to the hospital after being found.
The inmate was taken to the hospital after being found.
Two members of a Memphis street gang have each been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for the 2019 retaliatory killing of a fellow gang member.
DEA agents working under the Memphis Safe Task Force shot and killed a suspect at a Frayser Burger King Wednesday morning after he allegedly pulled a gun, officials said.
Emails from The Associated Press to the U.S. Department of Justice and a spokesperson for the task force were not returned on Wednesday morning.
The federal trial for a former DeSoto County youth pastor and basketball coach has been pushed back.
The footage, posted on MPD’s X account, does not appear to be raw, unedited footage but an edited version of MPD Officer Oscar Torres-Molina being shot.
Community leaders and legal advocates are fighting against the scheduled execution of a 59-year-old Memphis man.
Police have arrested the suspect in an OUTMemphis shooting that injured two. OUTMemphis, which serves the LGBTQ+ community, announced it will be closed through next week after the incident.
The man accused of shooting an MPD officer in February has been caught, court records show.
The two women who were wounded were bystanders when one of those in the argument opened fire, Memphis police said.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch recently cleared the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office of wrongdoing in a fatal 2024 shooting. But the family of Jamarcus Brown is now suing in federal court over his death.
The man who recently pleaded guilty to attempting to kidnap Memphis Mayor Paul Young last year has now been charged federally.
The court said plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the challenge of the guard’s deployment.
The state Legislature has passed a bill that would add two more judges to Shelby County for criminal cases. The bill now heads to Gov. Lee to sign.
The 18-year-old Memphis Business Academy student was released Friday afternoon. He’d been held in ICE detention since his arrest on the way to a school soccer game.
Tifanee Wright has been charged in the death of a Whitehaven activist Yvonne Nelson, who fought “tirelessly for improving conditions for all.”
The investigation remains ongoing, and search crews were actively combing through a wooded area near the site Wednesday.
The bill would let a Department of Child Services residential facility keep a child for up to an additional six months for assaulting a staff member.
The Tennessee General Assembly included a $50 million grant for Downtown Memphis Public Safety in the state budget passed this week.
Deputies arrest 16-year-old male in fatal shooting at Shelby Farms earlier this week that left Coriuan Bean, 17, dead
The plaintiffs filed to dismiss them so that the planned November 2026 trial could continue as scheduled.
Marcel Hutton, 35, was found unresponsive in the Shelby County Jail around 7 p.m. on Dec. 21, 2025.
The incident began a little after 4:30 p.m. at a small strip shopping center at 3193 Mendenhall Road, police said.
The No Kings protest last month ended with police pepper-spraying demonstrators.
The news of continually declining crime rates comes as anecdotes about local shootings have piled up recently.
“It should have been a fun day for the kids to get out and enjoy their last days of high school,” said a family member of the 17-year-old who was shot and killed during a gathering. 17-year-old killed in senior skip day shooting at Shelby FarmsRelated content:
The family of Ellie Young filed a wrongful death lawsuit that Jackson Hopper had “prior violent tendencies” and “brutally and intentionally” killed Young.
The man accused of attempting to kidnap Memphis Mayor Paul Young last year has been sentenced and will be released from jail. He also may get to sit-down and talk with the mayor soon.
A student is dead after a gathering in Shelby Farms Park ended in gunfire.