A fatal shooting involving Tennessee National Guard members assigned to a federal anti-crime taskforce in Memphis has raised questions after conflicting accounts emerged. Autopsy findings suggest the 20-year-old man was shot in the back, contradicting initial police statements that claimed he was facing the troops when they opened fire. Authorities later described the suspect as turning toward the guard members with a gun while fleeing in the early hours following the Fourth of July. The discrepancies between the autopsy report and official statements have sparked further scrutiny into the circumstances of the incident.
Officials said Tyrin Johnson turned toward guard members with gun while running as report shows he was shot in backTennessee national guard members assigned to a federal anti-crime taskforce in Memphis fatally shot an armed 20-year-old man in the back, according to an autopsy report obtained by the Associated Press, contradicting police accounts that said the man was facing the troops when they fired.Authorities have said that Tyrin Johnson turned toward guard members with a gun while running from them in the early morning hours after the Fourth of July holiday in Memphis when he was fatally shot in the chest. Continue reading...
