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Ex-employee arrested for shooting at Walmart

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MEMPHIS, TN – A shooting at a Memphis Walmart left a man critically wounded on Friday afternoon. The suspect, later found to be a former Walmart employee, is currently in police custody. The injured individual is undergoing treatment at Regional One Hospital, as per information provided by the Memphis Fire Department. Tamarris Hopkins, 23, was arrested in connection to the incident and now faces charges including attempted murder, aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment. Arriving on …

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Police officer shot during traffic stop

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MEMPHIS, TN – A Memphis law enforcement officer sustained injuries during a traffic stop when an unidentified motorist shot him and fled the scene. The incident occurred on the southbound lanes of Interstate 240 near South Parkway, according to Memphis Police Department spokesperson, Officer Theresa Carlson. The officer, during the traffic stop, communicated to the dispatch center that he had been shot. The incident took place in the early hours of Friday, around 4:20 a.m. …

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Plane crash kills five people

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NASHVILLE, TN – A tragic incident unfolded near Interstate 40 in Tennessee on Monday night when a small plane was compelled to execute an emergency landing, resulting in the death of five individuals, as reported by the Metro Nashville Police Department. The single-engine aircraft met its unfortunate fate near I-40 East at Mile Marker 203, in the vicinity of West Nashville, a locality approximately three miles from John C. Tune Airport. According to Don Aaron, …

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School bus driver killed in head-on collision, two students injured

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ROGERSVILLE, TN – A fatal head-on collision led to the death of a school bus driver in Tennessee on Monday. An 18-year-old male driving on the wrong side of the road resulted in a head-on crash with a school bus that Aleita Gladson, 55, of Rogersville, Tennessee, was driving. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reported that the incident occurred around 7:30 a.m. on Highway 70 in Hawkins County, when the pickup truck driven by the 18-year-old …

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One officer killed, another shot, manhunt underway

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MARYVILLE, TN – A massive manhunt is in progress in Tennessee following the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy and the injury of another during a routine traffic stop, as reported by Blount County Sheriff James Berrong. Early Friday, the sheriff’s office identified the deceased deputy as Greg McCowan. It was also disclosed that Deputy Shelby Eggers, a female officer, was wounded in the leg during the incident. She has since been discharged from a …

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‘Terrorist’ plots to target migrants at the border

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CUNNINGHAM, TN – A Tennessee man has been arrested and charged by federal officials with conspiring to join a militia with plans to target migrants at the US southern border. However, claims made by the man’s son paint a different picture, alleging the accused is merely a “compulsive liar.” Paul Faye Sr. was taken into custody on Monday following a conversation with an undercover FBI agent, who was investigating a far-right militia group. Faye, 55, …

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Kidnapping suspect killed after exchanging gunfire with officers

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CHATTANOOGA, TN – A high-stakes pursuit originating in Georgia ended in a deadly shootout on Tennessee’s Interstate 75 on Sunday. The chase involved a man suspected of child abduction and assaulting a police officer, who was fatally shot. The incident also resulted in injuries to two deputies. The chase began when authorities attempted to apprehend 31-year-old Tyler L. Roberts in Catoosa County, Georgia. The pursuit, involving deputies from both Georgia and Tennessee, took a dangerous …

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Man murders wife with a hammer and buries her on their property

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NASHVILLE, TN – A 70-year-old Nashville resident is facing charges after he reportedly murdered his wife with a hammer and buried her on their property. Joseph Glynn was apprehended on Saturday, following the discovery of his 76-year-old wife’s body, Jackie Glynn, in a grave on their shared property in Dekalb County, according to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Jackie had been reported missing a day prior. The investigation revealed that Glynn confessed to striking his …

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Toddler killed by ‘celebratory gunfire’ on New Year’s Eve

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MEMPHIS, TN – A 3-year-old boy was fatally hit by a stray bullet while at home during what authorities believe was a case of “celebratory gunfire” for the New Year’s Eve in Memphis, Tennessee. In an incident on Sunday around 6.pm, a bullet flew in through the window of the boy’s family’s apartment in Northeast Memphis and struck the toddler, identified as Brayden Smith, as per the police. Brayden was immediately taken to Le Bonheur …

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Man charged officer with two knives shortly after armed robbery

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MURFREESBORO, TN – A fresh perspective on a deadly police shooting in Tennessee has been unveiled through bodycam footage. The video depicts a police officer fatally shooting a man who, according to authorities, had attempted to rob an armored car employee and subsequently threatened the officer with two knives. The drama unfolded on Wednesday morning around 9:15 a.m., when the Murfreesboro Police Department was alerted to an attempted robbery at an ATM. The alleged perpetrator, …

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