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MEMPHIS, Tenn,– Two billboards in Memphis are possibly grabbing more attention than usual after a group calling itself INDECLINE defaced them and called for the defunding of police. Two defaced Geico insurance billboards greeted drivers at Interstate 40 eastbound near Watkins and I-40 west just north of Levee Road. They were defaced to say, “Defund […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police say they’ve seized dozens of fake temporary car tags in recent weeks, including some from a government employee. Many of the temporary drive-out tags you see on Shelby County roadways could be bogus. Law enforcement has told WREG it’s a real and growing concern, one we first warned you about […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman is dead and two other women detained by police after a shooting Monday night. Officers were on the scene in the 2500 block of West Hillview around 9 p.m. That address in the Hillview Apartments, off Alcy Road near Airways and Interstate 240. Police said one woman was taken to […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man was charged with attempted 1st-degree murder in an interstate shooting on I-40 in Memphis over the weekend. Mack Finnie, 33, was arrested Tuesday. He also faces weapons charges in the incident. Police say Finnie shot at a vehicle near the Covington Pike exit of I-40 Saturday afternoon. The victim who […]

UPDATE: Mack Finnie, 33, was arrested and charged with attempted 1st-degree murder and firearms charges in this incident, police announced Tuesday. See earlier story below. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One person was injured in a shooting on I-40 near the Covington Pike exit Saturday. The shooting happened sometime after 12:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon. One person was […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Interstate shootings are back under the microscope after yet another life was claimed on the roadways. The latest shooting happened early Sunday morning on I-240 east of Airways, when someone shot into a car and left two men injured. Ultimately, one of them died from their injuries. “You’re not safe on the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A 63-year-old Byhalia, Mississippi man was arrested after authorities say he fired a gun at a driver on Interstate 55 near the Arkansas-Tennessee border Tuesday night. Gerald Koelling is jailed in West Memphis, Arkansas and is expected to be charged with committing a terroristic act, a felony, Arkansas’ Department of Public Safety […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Arkansas State Police say a Marion man was killed in a shooting on I-40 Saturday morning. Arkansas State Police say 21-year-old Kindylen Roberts was shot while riding in a vehicle traveling eastbound on I-40. The shooting happened near the Morgan/Maumelle exit at around 2:30 a.m. According to state police, a passenger […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A man who witnessed a deadly hit-and-run crash in Whitehaven says he desperately tried to stop traffic when the victim was initially hit. Memphis Police say 29-year-old LeCharles Boddie was hit while walking his dog on East Shelby Drive near Gill Road. Both Boddie and the dog died of their injuries. A witness, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis is on the verge of breaking a new record after yet another driver dodged bullets while driving on the interstate. Early Thursday morning, Interstate-40 was shut down as officers investigated. They say a man in a silver sedan reportedly fired shots at a truck towing a boat before getting off at […]

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