Memphis officer shot and killed

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Dozens of people were using Facebook to post condolences and prayers for Olridge's family. Officer Sean Bolton was fatally wounded during a traffic stop in August. Officer Tim Warren was killed while responding to a shooting at a downtown Memphis hotel in July In December , Officer Martoiya Lang was killed while serving a warrant. The woman also told police that she had used an app to track Howard's cell to near Lamar Avenue and Shelby Drive. She said she located the phone there, but didn't find Howard.

Police said the missing persons and homicide bureaus then worked together to gather additional information. Investigators said year-old Joshua Rogers, an acquaintance of Ferguson, had assisted Ferguson with moving Howard's body after he was killed.

Rogers was also arrested and is charged with accessory after the fact, abuse of a corpse, and fabricating and tampering with evidence. Knowing that a Memphis Police Officer, someone who took an oath to protect and serve, made the decision to commit this horrific crime is devastating.

His actions were not that of a law enforcement officer and should not reflect on fellow officers," MPD Director Michael Rallings said. Beck loved his job — he rose through the ranks to sergeant and eventually lieutenant.

But he loved his grandchildren more. They called him Big Poppa. Beck retired in because he said he wanted to be able to take them to school and to freely attend their programs and events without answering calls or rushing back to work. To keep his free health benefits, Beck continued to volunteer as a reserve officer and would occasionally be called to serve.

Beck, 62, was just hitting his retirement stride when coronavirus started to pummel the United States in early He was spending quality time with his family, especially because his grandchildren were learning from home, and he cherished still having a toe in law enforcement, according to his wife, Cathy.

Ivory Beck was happy and healthy. Both he and his daughter, Kristen Beck-Miller, who lives with her parents, contracted the disease. Both were showing symptoms for about four days before they went to the hospital together. Both were admitted, but only one returned home. Ivory Beck languished for nearly two weeks before dying on May No one in their household had been vaccinated, although Beck had every early opportunity to receive a COVID vaccination, both as an occasional first responder and as someone in his 60s.

But he was scared. He talked it over with his wife, but could not shake his hesitancy and distrust that the vaccine could cause harmful health consequences. She said she trusted him to make the right decision for their family.