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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shots were fired and a man robbed in an early-evening robbery on a street in Cooper-Young. According to a police report, the robbery happened on Oliver near Cox around 7 p.m. Monday. A man told police he was walking on the sidewalk when a black, four-door car pulled up next to him. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police have released a video of a man in a red vehicle who tried to rob two teens Thursday morning in the Cooper-Young area. Investigators say the juveniles were walking in the area of Young Avenue and Blythe around 6:30 a.m. when they were approached by the man who asked for some […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Cooper-Young area has been hit hard by car thieves over the last month, and in at least one case, the suspects were able to steal a vehicle with a steering wheel lock. The victim, who didn’t want to be identified, bought the steering wheel lock on Amazon after her local police […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– The Cooper-Young Community Association organized a crime forum following two violent carjackings that happened in the area just weeks apart. Officers from the Crump precinct had an informal conversation with neighbors Tuesday night about ways to prevent crime. The meeting comes after two men were shot in separate carjackings in Cooper-Young. Arthur Gibson, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A police helicopter was hovering over a Cooper-Young neighborhood early Tuesday morning after three suspects crashed a stolen car. Police say it all began at 2 a.m. at Union and Florence when the men ran a stop sign. They said the driver took off when he spotted officers and crashed a black […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– It was a close call for a man who was carjacked in a church parking lot in the Cooper-Young area late Tuesday night. The victim told police the carjacker put a gun to his face and fired into his Nissan Rogue before driving off in the vehicle. The victim said he was parked […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One person was shot in what appeared to be an attempted carjacking in the Cooper-Young neighborhood in Midtown Friday morning. MPD responded to the shooting around 4 a.m. on the 900 block of Cox Street near Young Avenue where a man was struck several times. He was taken to Regional One in […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An elderly man is hospitalized after being assaulted in his back yard in Cooper Young. Amid the calmness along Evelyn Avenue is a community on edge after learning an elderly neighbor was brutally beaten during an attempted robbery Wednesday evening. The victim, who’s in his 80s, told Memphis Police the suspect asked […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis bartender was shot dead over the weekend in Midtown, less than a year after his brother was killed nearby. Memphis Police were called to an area near South Belvedere and Lockett Place, off Madison, just after midnight Saturday. They found a man fatally shot. Police confirmed Monday that the victim […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Charles “Lil Buck” Riley has already taken Memphis jookin global, and now he’s hoping to do the same with a new product — a vegan cheese sauce. He’s launching his new Buck Up Sauce this Friday from 5-8 p.m. at Imagine Vegan Cafe, 2158 Young Avenue in Cooper-Young. And like Lil Buck’s […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police have released video footage of a person of interest in the death of Shea Grauer on February 18. Memphis Police initially responded to a shooting on the 1700 block of Lockett Place and when they arrived, found Shea Grauer dead from a gunshot wound. Police said that investigators are attempting […]