One such recent incident that raised her concerns happened Saturday, when four people were shot at the Orange Mound Community Center on Park Avenue — located just feet away from the closed MPD building. Dowdy said that without police in the area, violent incidents are likely to continue.

BEHIND BARS - After an hours-long barricade situation, MPD's TACT unit eventually got into the home but did not find the suspect. Police said he was wanted for a domestic assault on a woman inside the home.

Memphis police were in an hours-long standoff Tuesday. When the unit specializing in barricade situations breached the home, the suspect was missing.

Project Pat, a co-founder of Three 6 Mafia, is mourning the loss of his son, Patrick Houston Jr., who was fatally shot in Memphis, Tennessee, on Jan. 10. According to an online obituary, he was 22, People reported.

The unanimous vote to confirm her as chief came nearly a year after Davis failed a non-binding test vote to be re-confirmed as the Memphis Police Department's chief following Young's election.

A federal judge ruled to replace a private attorney who monitors the Memphis Police Department with two lawyers employed by the city.

FOX13 crews at the scene saw at least six police cars, fire department personnel, and the MPD tactical unit at the scene of the barricade.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis City Council members voted to approve Cerelyn 'C.J.' Davis as the Memphis Police Department chief one year after being tagged as the interim. Davis was confirmed unanimously by the council after previously being moved to an interim tag when Mayor Paul Young assumed office in January 2024.

A boy is now charged with two counts of second-degree murder after police say he admitted to shooting a pregnant 15-year-old at his home in Jackson, Tennessee last week. On

The unanimous vote to confirm her as chief came nearly a year after Davis failed a non-binding test vote to be re-confirmed as the Memphis Police Department's chief following Young's election. Instead, Young and councilmembers brokered a deal to place her ...

SCHOOL BUS CRASH - A boy was rushed to the hospital after a school bus crashed on the interstate, police said.

A pregnant 16-year-old delivered her baby on the way to a hospital, then the 45-year-old man she was with abandoned the infant in a gas station dumpster, Tennessee authorities said. The Memphis Police Department reported that officers found the newborn dead.