National Guard Soldiers Shoot and Kill Man in Memphis Overnight
6th July 2026
Two members of the Tennessee National Guard shot and killed an armed man early Sunday in Memphis, law enforcement said. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said today that Memphis police and National Guard soldiers who are in the city as part of a federal task force responded to reports of gunfire just before 4 a.m.
Memphis police officers were chasing a man armed with a hand gun. Tennessee National Guard soldiers joined the chase for the armed man, identified as 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson.
“For reasons under investigation, the situation escalated, resulting in two National Guard soldiers firing upon Johnson, striking and killing him,” the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in its statement.
Hmmm. “Tyrin Johnson” Let’s just take a guess about his ‘ethnicity’, shall we?
Imagine how low the crime rates would be if young black males were prohibited from possessing firearms.