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.

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 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 ...

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

A Shelby County Sheriff's Office deputy shot and killed a man Tuesday morning, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation ... The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Most in Memphis Police Department are lesser-experienced officers. Can problems arise?

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.

Crime in Memphis dropped in almost every major category between 2023 and 2024, according to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation data.

Crime concerns in the Cooper-Young community have arisen after a rash of break-ins just days apart. This comes after a recent business robbery and police chase in the Midtown neighborhood. Now, some neighbors and looking for ways to protect their property and others said they’re ready to move.

The Memphis Police Department says the subject of a more than seven-hour barricade situation in the Cromwell area is no longer inside the house.