{"id":571,"date":"2026-07-06T01:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=571"},"modified":"2026-07-06T01:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:33:36","slug":"national-guard-troops-fatally-shoot-a-man-in-downtown-memphis-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=571","title":{"rendered":"National Guard troops fatally shoot a man in downtown Memphis : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-132069\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" 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11, 2025.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Members of the National Guard patrol in Memphis on October 11, 2025.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Brett Carlsen\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Brett Carlsen\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Memphis police say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphispolice.org\/news\/tbi-investigating-fatal-shooting-near-ida-b-wells-avenue-and-gayoso-avenue\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>National Guard troops fired their weapons<\/u><\/a> in the early morning hours Sunday, killing a man who was armed with a handgun.<\/p>\n<p>Police say officers were responding to calls of shots fired in downtown Memphis just before 4 am local time when they saw &#8220;an armed male carrying a handgun.&#8221; The man \u2014 identified by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation as 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson \u2014 fled on foot, pursued by Memphis police officers along with Tennessee National Guard soldiers who are assigned to the area.<\/p>\n<p>What happened next was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5883091-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5550398\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/10\/nx-s1-5550398\/national-guard-memphis-tennessee-trump\" 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Oct. 10 in Memphis, Tenn.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5883091-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For reasons under investigation, the situation escalated, resulting in two National Guard soldiers firing upon Johnson, striking and killing him,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/tbinewsroom.com\/2026\/07\/05\/tbi-agents-investigating-memphis-officer-involved-shooting-11\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>a statement<\/u><\/a> from the TBI. Memphis police said the man had &#8220;turned toward NG members with his weapon&#8221; before the National Guard soldiers fired their weapons and struck him.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene. No law enforcement officers were hurt in the incident, according to the TBI.<\/p>\n<p>The TBI says it is investigating the incident at the request of Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy. TBI agents are &#8220;working to independently determine the series of events leading to the shooting, including collecting evidence and conducting interviews,&#8221; the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>The National Guard has been patrolling in Memphis since October of last year as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/10\/nx-s1-5550398\/national-guard-memphis-tennessee-trump\" target=\"_blank\"><u>a federal task force<\/u><\/a>, established by President Trump, to combat crime in Memphis.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis has one of the highest violent crime rates in the country, according to data from the FBI. But Memphis police say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphispolice.org\/news\/memphis-crime-drops-to-historic-25-year-low-across-major-categories\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>overall crime and violent crime were falling in 2025<\/u><\/a> even before the National Guard deployment began. Still, some local residents told NPR they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/01\/nx-s1-5558437\/some-residents-welcome-federal-crackdown-in-memphis-as-operation-gets-underway\" target=\"_blank\"><u>welcomed the federal intervention<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5883091-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Democratic state and local officials sued to block the deployment of the troops, who are operating under the command of Republican Gov. Bill Lee. They <a href=\"https:\/\/media.nilc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Harris-v.-Lee_Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><u>argued <\/u><\/a>that the deployment violates the Tennessee Constitution&#8217;s limits on when and how the governor can deploy the state&#8217;s military forces.<\/p>\n<p>A judge in Tennessee sided with local officials, issuing a temporary injunction that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/11\/17\/nx-s1-5611530\/national-guard-memphis-judge-ruling\" target=\"_blank\"><u>blocked the deployment<\/u><\/a>. 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