MEMPHIS: Murder City USA?

by | Aug 3, 2020 | Local News | 0 comments

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Police statistics for July released and Memphis with a staggering 43 homicides to report in one month, shattering its previous record of 29.
Mike Williams Host of Behind the Badge tells ‘Wake Up Memphis” with Robyn Walensky “this sadly is an all time high for the city of Memphis.”
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, people are out of work, some have been stuck at home for months, some businesses are filing for bankruptcy,  and racial tensions are growing across the country, violence is escalating.
On Sunday, a man was shot and killed in downtown Memphis, and a woman was found in the street critically injured.
The investigations for both are ongoing.
Williams tells Walensky “the Memphis homicide unit is understaffed and overworked, the detectives just can’t keep up with the level of crime we’re experiencing here this summer.”

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