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.

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. Instead, Young and councilmembers brokered a deal to place her ...

The Memphis Police Department is searching for a suspect accused of threatening victims with a machete. On Friday, January 24, 2025 at 3:20 p.m., Officers responded to an aggravated assault call at the Dollar Tree on Thomas Street.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Two Memphis men were sentenced to years in prison for possession of machine guns, according to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).

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.

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

A U.S. Army veteran who served in the war in Afghanistan has pleaded not guilty to fatally shooting a homeless man with an automatic rifle in downtown Memphis, Tennessee.

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.

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.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A crash involving an 18-wheeler shut down part of I-55 Wednesday afternoon. Cameras with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) showed one 18-wheeler hooked up to a wrecker and another 18-wheeler crashed out on I-55 just north of Mallory around 1:30 p.m.