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Three men have been indicted in a car-to-car shooting last year in Northaven that resulted in the death of a passenger in one vehicle, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Memphis man who beat and repeatedly stabbed his girlfriend in front of her young daughter in 2016 pled guilty to first-degree murder Tuesday and was sentenced to life in prison, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

The West Tennessee Drug Task Force’s (WTDTF) interdiction team was named 2020 Team of the Year by the six-state Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) at the federal agency’s annual conference this week in Biloxi, Miss., said Task Force Director Johnie Carter.

A 27-year-old man has been indicted on murder charges stemming from the discovery of a body last summer behind a South Memphis church, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Memphis man was indicted Tuesday in the shooting death last summer of an acquaintance following a brief altercation at a gas station on Getwell Road, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Raleigh-area man was indicted Tuesday in the death last year of an 8-year-old girl who was struck in the head by outside gunfire while standing in her kitchen with her grandmother, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Westwood-area man has been indicted in the shooting death last year of a man who had stopped to help the defendant’s girlfriend whose car had broken down, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 20-year-old man was indicted Thursday in the shooting death of a motorist following an early-morning dispute last summer at a gas station on Lamar near American Way, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Millington man was indicted Thursday in the death last year of a truck driver who was found shot in the cab of his tractor-trailer in Eads, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Memphis teen was indicted Thursday in the roadway shooting death of a man last summer at a southwest Memphis intersection, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A fight between two friends last year that began as a scuffle and ended with a shooting now has resulted in a murder indictment, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A North Memphis man has been indicted on first-degree murder charges for allegedly setting fire to a rooming house last year which resulted in the death of another resident, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Whitehaven man was indicted Tuesday in the 2020 death of his girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter who was left in his care, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 58-year-old man was indicted Tuesday on first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of a Mississippi man during a fight at a party in 2020, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A private residence in a Cordova neighborhood where sheriff’s deputies have responded to 265 calls in the past two years was closed Thursday as a public nuisance, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A news conference will be held Wednesday morning announcing the second Unity Walk Against Gun Violence to be held this weekend in Whitehaven.

Last October a judge granted Pervis Payne’s request for DNA testing. She even allowed him to pick which items were to be tested and who would do the testing. In January, the results of those tests came back. Based on the court’s review of the report, the judge dismissed this last ditch effort to avoid execution. The results changed nothing. Why? Because Pervis Payne’s guilt does not rest on DNA. DNA did not convict him and unknown DNA on the crime scene items does not erase the facts or remove his guilt.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has approved a request by Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich to offer a cash reward for information to help solve the 2019 murder of 13-year-old Demonte Johnson.

A Midtown nightspot that was closed temporarily in September of 2019 as a public nuisance was closed again Wednesday for violating a consent agreement to address violations, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Collierville police officer who fatally shot a homeowner armed with a handgun last year will face no criminal charges, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.