Second Person in 4 Days Is Fatally Shot in Memphis by Federal Task Force Member
Officials said the Memphis Safe Task Force shooting is the fourth fatal incident since May, and no officers were injured.
- On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent shot and killed a person at a hotel on Poplar while serving a drug warrant with the Memphis Safe Task Force at 8:30 a.m.
- This marks the second fatal incident in four days, following a Sunday shooting where two Tennessee National Guard members fatally shot 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson during a downtown pursuit.
- President Donald Trump created the Memphis Safe Task Force last year to deploy federal agents and National Guard troops into Democratic-run cities he described as crime-ridden.
- The Tennessee Bureau is probing both shootings at the request of 30th Judicial District Attorney General Steve Mulroy, who will review the investigation's findings.
- Marshals Service spokesman Brady McCarron said agents breached the hotel room door after the occupant refused to open it; no law enforcement officers were injured.
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Authorities Investigate Alleged Death During Memphis Safe Task Force Operation at East Memphis Hotel
(LPL) – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is investigating an apparent death that occurred Tuesday morning during a Memphis Safe Task Force operation at an east Memphis hotel. The incident took place at an Extended Stay Hotel on Poplar Avenue near Aaron Brenner Drive, where a heavy presence of federal, state, and local agents surrounded the building as the investigation unfolded. Witnesses reported the arrival of numerous patrol cars a…
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