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TATE COUNTY, Miss. — Mississippi authorities say more than 20 people were arrested after a shooting Thursday afternoon on Interstate 55 near Coldwater, and a friend says rapper Big Boogie was one of those arrested. The Senatobia Police Department said in a statement that Tate County 911 received a report at 12:43 p.m. of a […]

DETROIT (AP) — The FBI has arrested two alleged members of the far-right anti-government group the Boogaloo Boys, with authorities increasingly concerned about the potential for violence in the leadup to next week’s midterm elections. Timothy Teagan appeared Wednesday in federal court in Detroit on charges of being a drug user in possession of firearms […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police in New Orleans say eight people have been wounded in a shooting, including a woman left critically injured after being shot in the face. Police say gunfire broke out early Sunday shortly after midnight along a service road near Interstate 10. A police news release said a woman was taken […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – After appeals to the Tennessee Highway Patrol have fallen on deaf ears, the Memphis Police Department said it is now asking the governor to divert more state troopers to Memphis highways.   So far this year, Memphis has recorded 36 highway shootings, nearly half the total for all of 2020.   Tuesday […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — WREG has uncovered new information about a dangerous local problem. As it turns out, there were more shootings on Memphis highways and interstates in the year 2019 than previously thought. Records obtained by WREG revealed nearly 10 more incidents that haven’t been brought to light until now. [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1U769jFbXqG3ZXCnycshEHtvKl9HvVoLb&w=640&h=480] Sadly, nearly all […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A driver reported shots fired at her vehicle on Interstate 240 near Poplar Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, forcing police to shut down a portion of the interstate. Around 2 p.m., a driver reported shots being fired at her vehicle. It’s undetermined exactly where the shots were fired at the car or if […]

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. —  In the middle of Orange Mound, they gathered.  The community is tired of the crime “We have placed cameras out and we still have shootings. People can’t rest well at night,” said Memphis City Council Vice Chair Jamita Swearengen. Swearengen represents this part of the city. Saturday morning she and others set […]

CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man accused of killing eight people at three Asian massage businesses entered a guilty plea to all charges on Tuesday to the first four of the shooting deaths, hoping for a sentence of life without parole. A prosecutor said Cherokee County investigators saw no evidence of racial bias, which […]

A groom — still wearing his tuxedo — allegedly shot two people after an argument with his new bride and a male friend while stuck in traffic, according to Louisiana authorities.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police shut down eastbound lanes of I-40 at Hollywood after a shooting on the interstate Saturday morning. Police said a man called them at 9:22 a.m., saying a male in a black sedan fired shots at him. He wasn’t hurt, but one of his truck’s tires was hit. Officers closed the area […]