A man died Tuesday after experiencing a medical emergency while in police custody. 

The latest deaths mark at least the 55th and 56th death at the jail since 2019.

Memphis Police Department Assistant Chief Don Crowe said officers “pleaded” with the suspect to drop the weapon as he approached nearby Vollentine Elementary.

The latest incident began Thursday when jailers found an inmate unresponsive after experiencing a “medical emergency,” according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. The inmate was taken to Methodist University Hospital and died Friday afternoon.

A violent week in Memphis left crime scenes across the city. Several of those had multiple victims.

Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Anthony Buckner also said another inmate was found unresponsive at the jail Friday, Jan. 31, after experiencing a “medical emergency” overnight.

The 636 doors, which operate on a sliding mechanism, have failed repeatedly throughout the last year, leading to a rise in inmate-on-inmate assaults and assaults against jail staff.

Memphis police said, at 3:32 p.m., officers responded to a shooting in the 900 block of College Park Drive, north of the Soulsville area.

A fifth person has been arrested in connection with the 2021 murder of Memphis rapper Young Dolph.

In his hunt to see Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy removed from office, state Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Eads, has cited the creation of the DA’s Justice Review Unit as one justification for the ouster.

President Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration.

Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy defended himself against the state’s ouster attempt and shared a limerick with the Collierville Rotary Club.

Former Memphian Richard Barnett, 64, was released from Federal Bureau of Prisons custody at 11 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2025.

The Memphis City Council took up the reappointment of C.J. Davis, which had been on hold for a year.

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The shooting is still under investigation, according to the TBI. 

District Attorney Steve Mulroy has said Sen. Brent Taylor’s resolution to oust him is unprecedented. But the move to form a joint committee to consider removal of a district attorney has been used in Tennessee at least twice before

The criminal case against the woman accused of trying to sell Graceland in a fraudulent auction could end in April.

Groups huddled in the cold in view of the police Skycam that caught much of the grisly action on Castlegate Lane in Southeast Memphis on Jan. 7, 2023.

In the wake of the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people, questions about Beale Street security are the latest concerns for those who try to plan for the worst.

Shelby County General Sessions Criminal Court Judge Bill Anderson retires from his seat, following local and state-level complaints about his controversial bail decisions.

2024 also marked the lowest number of homicides in the city since 2019.

Police arrested two suspects in a string of 13 armed robberies in the last two weeks, officials said. Police are likely looking for additional suspects but wouldn’t confirm.

Lindsey Aldy Whiteside, 26, is accused of engaging in a sexual act with an underage female victim in May.

Research shows that diversity in policing can help establish community trust. In this story, three MPD officers talk about how their backgrounds have helped their law enforcement careers.

A Daily Memphian reporter rode with MPD Lt. Joseph Rucker for about four hours while officers carried out an Operation Code Zero enforcement in Hickory Hill.