Updated: 2/2/23, 8:28 p.m. – The deceased individual has been identified as Torence Jackson Jr. (DOB: 8/15/94) of Indianapolis, Indiana.

At the request of 30th Judicial District Attorney General Steve Mulroy, TBI special agents are investigating the circumstances leading to an officer-involved shooting that occurred in Memphis Thursday afternoon.

Preliminary information indicates that at approximately 12 noon, officers with the Memphis Police Department were called to a business in the 5100 block of Poplar Avenue due to an individual suspected of trespassing.  About 30 minutes later, the same individual is believed to have gotten into a confrontation with another citizen inside a neighboring business, the Poplar-White Station Library.  According to initial reports, as the two officers attempted to talk to the individual, he produced a weapon and shot one of the officers.  The second officer returned fire, striking the individual.  He was pronounced deceased at the scene.  The injured officer was transported to a local hospital in extremely critical condition.

TBI agents are working to independently determine the series of events leading to the shooting, including collecting evidence and conducting interviews.  Throughout the process, investigative findings will be shared with the district attorney general for his further review and consideration.  The TBI acts solely as fact-finders in its cases and does not determine whether the actions of an officer were justified in these types of matters.  That decision rests with the district attorney general requesting TBI’s involvement.

The TBI does not identify the officers involved in these types of incidents and instead refers questions of that nature to the respective department to answer as it sees fit.

Any available updates on this investigation will be posted online at TBINewsroom.com.