West Memphis
CRIME & SAFETY
WATCH: Mustang leads Arkansas State Police on chase through West Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn — Two people from West Tennessee are charged after Arkansas State Police (ASP) said they led troopers on a high-speed chase through West Memphis. ASP released dash cam video of the chase. ASP investigators said just after 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 20, 2024, witnesses reported a...
Video shows gunmen open fire while driving Memphis street
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Video released by the Memphis Police Department (MPD) show two people shooting out of a car while driving down a busy Memphis street. MPD said the shooting happened just after 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24 near the intersection of Manassas Street and Poplar Avenue near Morris Park.
Family identifies man missing after boat capsized on Mississippi River
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - FOX13 spoke to the family of a man who was reported missing after a boat capsized on the Mississippi River Friday morning. According to his fiancé Katie Porter, the missing man is 47-year-old Gary Riley. His fiancé said the boat that capsized Friday morning belonged to Riley. His oldest daughter Gina Riley Fletcher told FOX13 that he has four children ranging in age from three to 25.
One dead, one seriously injured after cars crash into pole, each other on South Third Street
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is dead and another is fighting for his life after a car crashed into a pole after colliding with another car on S. Third Street and West Holmes Road. The Memphis Police Department said their officers responded to the scene of a two-car crash on S. Third Street and West Holmes Road around 6:15 a.m. Friday. The cars ran into a pole during the crash.
Man killed in gas station shooting on Covington Pike
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Memphis Police are investigating a deadly shooting at a gas station. The shooting happened Tuesday around 10 p.m. at 3524 Covington Pike. A man was taken to Regional One Hospital in critical condition. He later died in the hospital. There is no suspect information at this...
WATCH: Teens drag man by vehicle after carjacking at gas station, police say
Teens drag man by vehicle after carjacking at gas station, police say. MPD said the carjacking happened just after 3 a.m. at a Q Mart on Getwell Road on Wednesday, July 24. The man was sitting at the gas pump in his 2013 Chevrolet Impala when four people approached him, opened his door and demanded his vehicle, police said. MPD said the man tried to hold onto the door and was dragged by the carjackers as they sped off.
Man robbed at gunpoint on Highland; police searching for suspects
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Police Department is searching for the suspects responsible for robbing a man at a gas station on Highland earlier this month. On July 11, just before 4 a.m., officers responded to the incident at the Valero gas station at 853 Highland Street. Police say the victim got into his white […]
Woman sentenced to 11 years for I-55 road rage incident north of Pevely
Shanyka Fouche, 25, of Memphis, Tenn., has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after a jury found her guilty of several felonies stemming from an incident in 2021 when she fired a gun from a vehicle on I-55 north of Pevely, striking a vehicle and the passenger in that other vehicle, according to court documents.
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