Sheriff's deputies fatally shoot driver while serving a high
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a man who sped toward them in a vehicle as they were serving a search warrant in a neighborhood on Friday in Memphis, officials said.
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said deputies were serving the high-risk drug warrant at about 3:30 p.m. when a man who was waiting in a vehicle drove toward a SWAT team at high speed in the Orange Mound neighborhood.
Deputies opened fire, killing the driver, Bonner said. The driver was not immediately identified.
No deputies were hurt. Four people have been detained for questioning, and charges are expected, Bonner said.
During a search, deputies found several firearms with high-capacity magazines and a handgun equipped with a Glock switch, a device that turns a pistol into an automatic weapon, Bonner said.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting, which came six days after nine people were shot at an Orange Mound park. Two men were killed, and seven other people were wounded but survived. No arrests have been made.
It also took place two weeks after Memphis Police Officer Joseph McKinney was killed in a shootout that developed while officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle. One suspect also was killed.
Related articles
It's no wonder parents are taking their children on holiday during term time! Sky
British families hoping to go on a foreign holiday during the May half-term next week face paying up2024-05-22Brit tourist, 76, drowns while swimming in the sea during day trip to Greek island with his wife
A British tourist has drowned while swimming in the sea during a day trip to a Greek island with his2024-05-22Union push pits the United Farm Workers against a major California agricultural business
In a meeting room at a hotel in California’s crop-rich Central Valley, a fight is taking place that2024-05-22Illinois Democrats' law changing the choosing of legislative candidates faces GOP opposition
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Democrats have changed the way candidates for the General Assembly2024-05-22Hilarious moment mother asks her Cocker Spaniel to help choose her lottery numbers
This is the hilarious moment a woman enlisted the help of her Cocker Spaniel to help choose her lott2024-05-22Trump hush money trial: Defense attorneys attacks Stormy Daniels' credibility
NEW YORK (AP) — Stormy Daniels will return to the witness stand Thursday in Donald Trump’s hush mone2024-05-22
atest comment