A 33-year-old Memphis mother, Ashley Kimmons, was killed after her 4-year-old son accidentally fired a gun on her daughter's 16th birthday. Investigators are probing while family supporters have launched a fundraiser.

A 22-year-old was taken into custody after a short chase in east Memphis that ended in a crash and the recovery of a handgun.

An 18-year-old accused in the Aug. 1 Betty Bayou shooting was transferred to adult criminal court as prosecutors press a first-degree murder case.

A black SUV pulled up in Orange Mound early Monday and a passenger fired multiple rounds into a home. Police are reviewing video and asking the public to call CrimeStoppers.

Two people are wanted after a Winchester Road burglary where more than $100,000 in copper, wiring and a backflow device were taken.

A North Memphis family says roughly a dozen officers stormed their home during a fugitive search; police say the address was tied to a suspect with active drug warrants. The family wants answers and is weighing legal options.

MPD says Operation HUSH — a two‑and‑a‑half‑year undercover probe — produced 45 indictments, 367 chargeable offenses and 19 arrests tied to drugs and guns.

A Memphis man accepted an eight-year sentence after pleading guilty to carjacking a WREG photographer last June; the deal includes in-patient treatment at Harbor House.

MPD released photos of two men wanted after a Sunday-night crash in Whitehaven that left one driver dead. Investigators are asking for tips.

A 16-year-old was charged after a Feb. 25 bomb threat at Millington Central Middle High School; deputies searched the campus, found no device and detectives made an arrest.

A Memphis man pleaded guilty to second‑degree murder and received 26 years at 100% for the 2023 Chelsea Avenue killing of Demarcus Wilbourn.

A Somerville man was charged after his SUV crashed into a Covington house where four children were inside. Officials say the children were checked at Baptist Memorial Tipton and released.

Memphis police say two men were arrested in a July Windsor Parkway robbery and a third was arrested in a Sept. 29 Watson Street homicide.