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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Family members of three young people left without a parent after their mother was shot and killed last week in Memphis say they are trying to raise funds for their future. Allison Parker, a medical assistant at the Family Practice in West Memphis, was gunned down during a carjacking at Poplar and […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– The third suspect in a string of gas station robberies in Memphis was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison, United States Attorney Joseph C. Murphy, Jr. announced Wednesday. Malik Williams, 26, was found guilty in June 2022 of both business robberies and the use of firearms during the robberies. On Friday, September […]

A survey conducted by the e-learning platform Preply asked over 1,500 residents of the 30 largest metropolitan areas to rate the rudeness of the average resident in their city on a scale of one to ten. 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A day of terror that left four dead and three wounded in a Tennessee city this week tore a hole in the hearts of those left behind: the grandmother of three children left without parents, the man who lay down beside his fallen best friend and refused to leave, the daughter […]

UPDATE: Memphis Police now say that 17-year-old Corteria Wright was not killed in the shooting spree that occurred Wednesday night. Police say she was shot by another suspect. Memphis Police are still looking for the suspect responsible for her death. Anyone with information is urged to call CrimeStoppers at (901) 528-CASH. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG)– A shooter killed four people and injured three during a rampage that began early Wednesday morning and then picked up again around 4 p.m. Ezekiel Kelly’s first crime took place around 1 a.m. at a home on Lyndale Avenue. He killed Dewayne Tunstall, 24, according to Memphis Police. The shooting spree then […]

► Update: Ezekiel Kelly made his first court appearance in this case Friday. See coverage here. WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (WREG) — One of the victims in Wednesday night’s shootings has been identified by West Memphis officials as Allison Parker, a nurse who worked in the city. Parker was a medical assistant at the Family Practice […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Four people are wanted after an armed robbery at a gas station early Wednesday morning, West Memphis Police said. Police responded to an armed robbery call at the Shell gas station on Petro Road at 1:47 a.m. Investigators said surveillance video shows three males, two of them armed with handguns, entering the gas […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Officials announced all three suspects connected to the shooting death of a toddler in West Memphis are in custody after a man turned himself in over the weekend. For Yolanda Bonds, whose 2-year-old son Jadaka Jimerson was fatally shot in June, there’s no celebrating the arrest of Kylond Jackson. Jackson is charged with […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– A Memphis mother is in the hospital after police say she was shot in the face in what may have been an act of road rage. Deborah Pruitt says she was coming home when Memphis police officers gathered at the intersection of west Mitchell road and Horn Lake road Tuesday evening. “People were […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich says no charges will be filed against officers involved in three separate fatal shooting incidents of fleeing felons that happened in 2021. The DA’s office said the decisions were based on facts, evidence, and statements in comprehensive reports by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Violent Crime […]