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TBI: Man’s gun in fatal officer-involved shooting was BB gun

By , Daily Memphian Published: December 14, 2018 10:44 PM CT
<strong>Two Memphis police officers responded to a call around 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, about a person said to be pointing a gun at motorists along James Road. TBI's public information office announced that the situation escalated and resulted in one of the officers firing at the subject and killing him.</strong> (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)

Two Memphis police officers responded to a call around 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, about a person said to be pointing a gun at motorists along James Road. TBI's public information office announced that the situation escalated and resulted in one of the officers firing at the subject and killing him. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has determined the gun a man allegedly brandished before a Memphis police officer shot and killed him Thursday, Dec. 13, was a BB gun.

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Yolanda Jones

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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