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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police are looking for those who opened fire on an SUV with a barrage of paintballs on Interstate 40. The vehicle belongs to Michelle Truelove, but she wasn’t behind the wheel at the time of the shooting. Her 19-year-old son was. “My son calls me and tells me someone is shooting at […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After a record-setting year for interstate shootings in 2020, there have been even more interstate shootings in 2021 leading law enforcement officials to call on the state for assistance. Memphis Police said they have increased their presence on the interstates, but it’s a daunting task. More than 70 million people in a […]

Deaths involving pedestrians are up 46 percent over the past decade, and a new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association shows the trend continued during the pandemic, even though fewer drivers were on the road.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police say they are investigating 31 interstate shootings so far this year, even more than this time last year. We wanted to know what’s being done to keep drivers safe while they’re behind the wheel. Police Director Michael Rallings says MPD is cracking down on racing and roadway safety, but says […]

A man who survived the shooting that killed his wife at an Atlanta-area massage business last week said police detained him in handcuffs for four hours after the attack.

The Georgia man accused of killing eight people at spas in the Atlanta area told police his act was not racially motivated, and that he potentially had a “sex addiction,” officials said Wednesday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis Police said officers are conducting an investigation on Interstate 240 at Highway 385 in the westbound lanes, causing them to shut the interstate down. MPD said officers are on the scene of a shooting that is believed to have occurred on the interstate. A woman was struck, and she is listed […]

Police responded to yet another interstate shooting overnight this time at I-240 near Getwell.

Memphis Police shut down the east bound lanes on I-240 between Getwell and Perkins after someone in a car was shot overnight.

ATLANTA (AP) — A shooting on Interstate 85 in suburban Atlanta has claimed the life of a rising Texas rap artist, one of three interstate shootings in the metro area in two days, authorities said Saturday. Rapper Corey Detiege, who performed under the stage name Chucky Trill, died at an area hospital after Friday’s predawn […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis police report there were a total of six highway shootings in the past seven days. That’s almost a third of the total recorded so far for 2021.  A woman tells police she was driving on I-240 near Mt. Moriah Wednesday afternoon when another driver started yelling at her before pulling a […]