Man dies in MPD custody after Midtown arrest

INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN CALLED IN AFTER A MAN DIES IN CUSTODY OF MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICERS NEED TO HELLO I'M STEPHANIE SCURLOCK GREG IS OFF TONIGHT POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT RAN FROM THEM ON IDLEWILD LATE THIS MORNING AND WAS ARRESTED DOWN THE STREET AT MADISON AND AUBURNDALE OUR WRE G IS BRIA JONES JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT FROM THE SCENE WITH LATE BREAKING DETAILS BREA WHAT DO YOU KNOW STEPHANIE MEMPHIS POLICE JUST CLEARED THE SCENE HERE IN MIDTOWN AFTER BEING HERE FOR NEARLY 12 HOURS NO DETAILS RIGHT NOW ARE LIMITED BUT POLICE CONFIRM A MAN DIED FOLLOWING A FOOT CHASE IT'S LOT OF OFFICERS EMERGED FROM BEHIND THIS MIDTOWN APARTMENT COMPLEX AS CRIME SCENE TAPE QUARTERS OFF AN AREA ALONG MADISON AND AUBURNDALE THE LARGE RESPONSE FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A MAN POLICE CUSTODY WHEN YOU PUT UP THE YELLOW POLICE TAPE I THINK THAT'S WHEN IT GETS A LITTLE BIT SCARIER MEMPHIS POLICE SAY JUST BEFORE 11 FRIDAY MORNING OFFICERS RECEIVED A CALL BUT A MAN WAS ON SOMEONE'S PROPERTY ONE BLOCK OVER ON IDA WHILE HE WAS ALLEGEDLY GOING THROUGH THE TRASH GETTING A POISONOUS BAIT USE FOR RODENTS POLICE SAY THEY RECEIVED ANOTHER CALL THAT THE MAN IN QUESTION WAS LOOKING INTO CARS AND GOING THROUGH MAILBOXES WE KIND OF STARTED TO SEE A POLICE PRESENCE AROUND 11 30 12 AND WE'VE SEEN THEM HERE SINCE THEN OFFICERS SAY WHEN THEY TRIED TO APPROACH THEM AND HE WALKED AWAY AND A FOOT CHASE STARTED WHEN OFFICERS TRIED TO HANDCUFF THE SUSPECT HE ALLEGEDLY RESISTED WAS THEY PLACED HIM INTO A SQUAD CAR POLICE SAY HE QUOTE APPEARED TO BE OUT OF BREATH AND EXHAUSTED AN AMBULANCE TOOK THE MAN TO METHODIST UNIVERSITY IN CRITICAL CONDITION WHERE HE DIED HOURS LATER POLICE SAY THE MAN HAS YET TO BE IDENTIFIED THE INVESTIGATION HAS NOW BEEN HANDED OVER TO THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION LEAVING MANY IN SHOP AS A MOBILE COMMAND POST ROLLED INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WE PRETTY WORRIED WHEN THE BIGGER KIND OF YOU KNOW CARS SHOWED YOU KNOW THE UNMARKED POLICE CARS THAT SORT OF THING AND NOT HEARING SIRENS AS ONE OF THE PROBABLY THE SCARIEST THINGS THEY ALSO DIED IN PD SAYS THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT HAVE BEEN RELIEVED DUTY PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION PU

Channel: WREG News Channel 3

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Length: 2min 18sec (138 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 11 2023