Two Memphis residents tell @NBCNews that one of the former officers charged with murdering Tyre Nichols pulled a gun on them three years ago, reportedly threatening to shoot them both in the face and telling one of them, “I’ll blow your face off.”
Actor Cindy Williams, best known for her role in the ‘Laverne & Shirley’ TV sitcom, has died at age 75, her family says.
An infant who was recently returned to his mother from an alleged kidnapping died Saturday after being rushed to the hospital.
BREAKING: Memphis Police Department says it’s permanently disbanding its Scorpion unit after Tyre Nichols’ death.
Tennessee senators release statements about the video footage of Tyre Nichols’ beating, with Sen. Blackburn calling it “difficult to watch” and Sen. Hagerty saying he is “deeply disturbed” by it.
President Biden: “The footage that was released this evening will leave people justifiably outraged … I join Mr. Nichols’ family in calling for peaceful protest.”
President Biden spoke by phone with the mother and stepfather of Tyre Nichols on to express his condolences for the 29-year-old’s death.
Memphis police initially said Tyre Nichols was stopped for reckless driving in the brutal police interaction on Jan. 7, but Police Chief Cerelyn Davis tells @NBCNews that authorities have not been able to substantiate the reason for the stop
BREAKING: 5 former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers are in custody in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols, jail records show
