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Police said the man admitted to not yet having his security license and said that he thought he saw a man waving a gun inside the car, leading him to shoot at the vehicle as it sped away.
After the DOJ retracted findings that Memphis police violated civil rights, Mayor Paul Young said the approach to reform is unchanged.
Operation Rolling Thunder in Memphis leads to 160 arrests, including 50 gang members, and the seizure of weapons and drugs.
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Action News 5 on MSNWoman flees from gunshots in Raleigh, suspect arrested, police sayThe Memphis Police Department has arrested and charged a suspect accused of firing shots at a woman. On May 21, around 9:17 p.m., officers responded to an aggravated assault call on Austin Peay Highway near Coleman Road.
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WREG.com on MSNMS man arrested while trying to light cars on fire, police sayAn Oxford, Mississippi, man was arrested last week after he was allegedly caught trying to light multiple cars on fire. On May 15, officers with the Oxford Police Department
Memphis Police engaged with elementary students on careers in law enforcement and community relationship building.
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Action News 5 on MSNVictim shot multiple times during drive-by at apartment complex, police sayWhen officers arrived, they discovered a victim on the ground with bullet wounds to the lower stomach and the lower right leg. According to MPD, the victim informed them that he had been shot, but didn’t know the suspect who shot him; he told police that a Mazda drove into the apartment complex and shot him multiple times.
Jaiquez Ebron, 21, of Greenville, who was wanted in connection with the February 1 murder of 24-year-old Traeon Vontrez Williams, has been arrested in Memphis,
Despite being found not guilty in state court, all three have been convicted in federal court and face time in federal prison.
Police said the man returned to the library weeks later and a security guard saw him touching himself inside of an open stall in the bathroom. The convicted sex offender threw a chair at the guard and tried to punch him several times before running off,