CRIME & SAFETY
Missing Bartlett man found dead, TBI says
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Bartlett man reported missing days earlier has been found dead, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI). The TBI said on Friday, May 10 that 75-year-old Paul Mushala was found deceased in Memphis. "His family is in our thoughts," the TBI said. A Be On...
Man, woman shot at Whitehaven shopping center, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man and a woman were both shot near a bank in a Whitehaven shopping center Friday morning, according to the Memphis Police Department (MPD). MPD said the shooting happened around 9:25 a.m. at Liberty Bank of Memphis at 4606 Elvis Presley Boulevard. That's the location of a Liberty Bank Memphis. When FOX13 crews arrived, MPD had crime scene tape blocking off the parking lot outside of a nearby Kroger. That area is between the bank and Kroger. Police said that an altercation took place in the Kroger parking lot before the shooting happened but it wasn't immediately known if the altercation and the shooting were related.
An unsettling start to Mother’s Day weekend—Mother and son shot in parking lot in Whitehaven
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) -A rough start to Mother’s Day weekend after street vendors in a Whitehaven Kroger parking lot said a mother and son were shot following tempers flaring over space to sell Mother’s Day gift baskets. “I looked up and I took off that way towards the...
Man shot in the arm during armed robbery in Whitehaven, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man bleeding from a bullet wound was helped by police, saying he was shot during an attempted robbery, Memphis Police said. An officer at a convenience store on Horn Lake Road after 2 a.m. on May 10th was investigating a reported shoplifting crime when a man bleeding in his arm approached, police reported.
Husband, wife found dead in possible murder-suicide
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two people are dead following a shooting incident Thursday evening in Maury City, Tennessee, according to the Crockett County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say they responded to the shooting at 3230 Highway 80 at 4:45 p.m. where they found a woman, later identified as Maria Elena Rios, shot and unresponsive. They also say […]
Two former Memphis police officers indicted after deadly wreck during pursuit
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two former Memphis Police officers have been indicted, accused of causing a deadly wreck during an unauthorized pursuit last year, then leaving the scene of the accident without aiding the victims. Marquavius Williams and Ontarian Malone Jr. are charged in the indictment handed down Thursday with...
Man charged with murder after deadly South Memphis shooting
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man has been arrested after gunfire left a man dead in South Memphis. Vontabious Echols was arrested on Wednesday, May 8 by the U.S. Marshals. Authorities said they found Echols in the 3200 block of South Third Street and arrested him without incident weeks after the deadly shooting.
Man shot dead, slams car into mail truck; gunman wanted
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police are searching for the suspect who shot a man in South Memphis Thursday afternoon. Memphis Police responded to a shooting on South Parkway East and South Third Street at 5:15 p.m. According to police, a man crashed into a mail truck after being shot. The man was taken to Regional One […]
Woman, 3 kids found safe
UPDATE: Police say the family has been found and is safe. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A family of four has been reported missing from Southeast Memphis for almost a week, the Memphis Police Department said Thursday. Porsha Hawkins, 31, Aron Hawkins, 5, Evan Hawkins, 5, and Avion Hawkins, 4, were last seen leaving their home in […]
Teen arrested, charged with 42 counts of auto burglary
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two teenagers are now in jail after being caught in a stolen vehicle in Raleigh on Wednesday. A 17-year-old male is charged with theft of property $10,000-$60,000 auto theft, 42 counts of burglary to a motor vehicle, evading arrest on foot, seven counts of theft of property $1,000 or less, two counts […]
On-duty cop allegedly kidnapped man, shot him dead in patrol car and dumped his body in a river
A federal grand jury in Tennessee indicted a now-former cop who, while on duty, allegedly kidnapped a man from his home and took him to his patrol car where he shot him to death. The post On-duty cop allegedly kidnapped man, shot him dead in patrol car and dumped his body in a river first appeared on Law & Crime.
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