Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyle(AFP/Getty)Two Tennessee National Guard members, assigned to a Donald Trump-backed anti-crime task force in Memphis, fatally shot a man during a downtown pursuit. The shooting occurred around 4 a.m. after soldiers and local police pursued an armed individual who allegedly turned toward the guardsmen with a weapon. Tyrin Johnson, 20, was identified as the man killed, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the circumstances of the incident. The National Guard's deployment to Memphis last fall, part of a federal initiative, has been supported by Gov. Bill Lee but opposed by Mayor Paul Young and other local officials. The federal task force has faced legal challenges, including a pending federal lawsuit filed by Memphis residents alleging retaliation for filming operations and challenging a law restricting proximity to officers. In fullNational Guard soldiers on Trump-backed task force kill man during pursuit in Memphis: policeMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Memphis police say National Guard troops fired their weapons in the early morning hours of July 5, killing a man who was armed with a handgun. State investigators will handle the…

Tennessee National Guard members assigned to a crime-fighting patrol in Memphis fatally shot a man who turned toward the soldiers with a gun during a downtown pursuit.

The Guard members were part of a troop deployment the Trump administration launched in Tennessee's second-largest city last fall.

Two members of the Tennessee National Guard shot and killed a man on July 5 during a pursuit in downtown Memphis, officials said.

The Guard members are part of a federal task force in Memphis created by President Donald Trump.

Two Tennessee National Guard members assigned to a crime-fighting patrol in Memphis fatally shot a man Sunday who turned toward the soldiers with a gun during a downtown pursuit,…

Two Tennessee National Guard members fatally shot a man in Memphis who turned toward them with a gun during a downtown pursuit, authorities said.

Mayor Paul Young called the shooting an ‘unfortunate incident’ and said he was waiting to see the results of the TBI investigation before commenting further

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Police said in a statement the man turned his gun on the Tennessee National Guard members who were deployed to the city by a Trump administration order last year.

The grandfather of a man shot and killed by two members of the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis says he wants answers.

Authorities say the guardsmen shot the man when he pointed a firearm at them.

Tennessee authorities are investigating the fatal Memphis shooting of a 20-year-old man by two members of the National Guard deployed.