The victim was on a walk with his family when a man in a ski mask approached them with a gun and demanded their property, according to an arrest affidavit.
Five former police officers were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges indicating they violated Nichols’ civil rights.
Tim Shelton was the pastor of Group Leadership and Family Life at Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis.
The victim, who has not been identified, was taken to the hospital in critical condition but has since been upgraded to non-critical.
The suspect allegedly admitted to investigators that he struck the toddler “seven to eight times” with the dog toy before his death.
One witness said they saw the victim throwing items at the clerk before the shooting.
A brave and quick-thinking 11-year-old girl helped save her family from a house fire over the weekend.
A health care worker was fatally shot inside a clinic Tuesday in a suburb of Memphis.
A woman has been arrested and charged in the death of her own daughter.
A watermelon vendor who has been selling fruit on a street corner every morning for the past 30 years was shot and killed on the job, police said.
Memphis Police Department has confirmed that there have been two unidentified officers shot during an altercation with a suspect in Whitehaven.
Authorities say a man was shot and killed in an argument while they were celebrating a birthday.
Police say a child suffered critical injuries after being attacked by a pack of pit bulls.
Jerry Lee Lewis III, the youngest son of Jerry Lee Lewis, was evicted from the Lewis Ranch on Sunday.
In the middle of the night, one pilot’s crash pad became a crime scene.
The Haywood County (Tenn.) Sheriff’s Office said deputies received a call around 1 p.m. Saturday of a large number of cow heads seen in a Solid Waste dumpster.
Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis sent a request to the Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission for the decertification of all five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Nichols.
A 40-year-old woman is facing charges after being accused of attacking her 97-year-old grandmother, according to police.
She allegedly told police her boyfriend was fatally shot after they lured a drug dealer with plans to rob him at gunpoint.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a home on Piermont Street at around 6:45 p.m. after they say Najja Simmons called 911 to report that he had just shot his stepfather.
A FedEx employee has died at a facility in Tennessee this week.
Police arrested one suspect after a hostage situation in which a family was followed home from a gas station, forced inside and robbed at gunpoint, police say.
A man with several active warrants was charged with assaulting an officer and evading arrest, among other charges, after police initiated a traffic stop in the early hours of Monday morning.
Collierville police are looking for four suspects accused of stealing a new car from a Mercedes-Benz dealership on Thursday after two held an employee at gunpoint.
Authorities confirmed a body was found in South Memphis, but no confirmation of the crime scene being related to Eliza Fletcher’s disappearance.
Bartlett police have charged a man with aggravated assault after being able to identify him after he left his wallet in a stolen car that he abandoned after wrecking into a field.
A Tennessee man has been sentenced to three decades in prison for abusing a young girl for several years.
