MPD officer shot four times early Friday morning, suspect captured
MPD Interim Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis speaks to the media Friday, March 8 after an MPD officer was shot earlier that morning. (Samuel Hardiman/The Daily Memphian)
A Memphis police officer was shot four times during a traffic stop early Friday morning, March 8, and is in critical condition after going through surgery, MPD Interim Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis said.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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