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.

A spokesperson for the department said that the 37-year veteran was found unresponsive in Downtown Memphis. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

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

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man was injured after a shooting in East Memphis on Tuesday afternoon, the Memphis Police Department (MPD) said. Officers responded to a shooting in the 700 block of Goodman Street at 3:05 p.m. A man was taken to the hospital in non-critical condition, police said.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is dead following a shooting in northeast Memphis, according to the Memphis Police Department. Officers said they responded to a shooting call at the 3900 block of Jackson Ave. around 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

Most in Memphis Police Department are lesser-experienced ... McGriff, former deputy commissioner and chief of staff of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security; and Dr. Theron ...

A memo sent by President Donald Trump's administration is asking for all civil rights investigations to be put on hold.

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

The Memphis Police Department in Tennessee is searching for a missing 12-year-old girl. Police said that Brielle Jenkins ran away from her home between 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. She was last seen in the 5200 block of Loch Lomond,

In 2017, the public learned that MPD was surveilling a new generation of activists after The Commercial Appeal first reported evidence of a “blacklist” that included Blanchard and other private citizens who had no prior interactions with the criminal justice system. Blanchard and three others sued the city, and the ACLU intervened as a plaintiff.

Davis was unanimously reappointed as Memphis Police Chief on Jan. 21, 2025, one year after majority of the Memphis City Council voted to recommend her removal.