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Memphis police officer shot and killed while responding to suspicious vehicle report; 1 suspect dead
A police officer in Memphis, Tennessee, was shot and killed when officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle early Friday morning, police said. One suspect was killed and two other officers and another suspect were wounded in an exchange of gunfire during the incident, interim Police Chief Cerelyn Davis said during a news conference.
“We are heartbroken of the lives lost, our fallen officer and this senseless act of violence,” Mayor Paul Young told reporters.
The slain officer was identified as Joseph McKinney, who had been with the police department for about three years. The slain suspect was identified as an 18-year-old man.
“The men and women of the Memphis Police Department are hurt right now. As chief of police, I am hurt right now at, once again, senseless deaths in our community by gun violence,” Davis said.
The shooting unfolded when officers responded to the suspicious vehicle call at around 2 a.m., Davis said. The occupants of the vehicle opened fire on the officers when they approached, Davis said.
Officers returned fire and the suspects drove away, Davis said. After a short pursuit, the suspect vehicle stopped. One suspect was immediately apprehended, and the other was taken into custody nearby after fleeing the scene. They were both taken to a hospital in critical condition with gunshot wounds, Davis said.
One of the wounded officers was taken to the hospital and their condition was not critical, Davis said. The third officer was treated at the scene.
The 18-year-old suspect was arrested last month on auto theft charges and released without bond, Davis said. When he was arrested in March, the suspect had an illegally modified semiautomatic weapon, Davis said.
The second suspect was identified as a 17-year-old.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting.
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Former supermodel Naomi Campbell hit back at a United Kingdom watchdog after it banned her from running a charity for five years.Â
The Charity Commission identified “multiple instances of misconduct” in the running of Fashion for Relief, including the use of charity funds to pay for her stay in a five-star hotel in the south of France, including spa treatments and room service.
But Campbell, 54, called the body’s findings “deeply flawed” and said she had instructed new advisers to investigate what happened at the charity.
“First of all, I recognise that, as the face of Fashion for Relief, I am ultimately responsible for its conduct,” Campbell, 54, said in a statement released late Friday to the PA news agency.
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“Unfortunately, I was not involved in the day-to-day operations of the organisation, and I entrusted the legal and operational management to others,” she said.
The watchdog probe published on Thursday found that between April 2016 and July 2022, only 8.5% of Fashion for Relief’s overall expenditure went on grants to charities.
Campbell has now been disqualified from running a charity for five years. Two other trustees also received bans.
Campbell, who in 1987 became the first Black model in 20 years to feature on the cover of UK Vogue, achieved worldwide fame in the 1990s and remains a highly influential figure in the industry.
She insisted she had “never been paid a fee for my participation in Fashion for Relief nor billed any personal expenses to the organization.”
Campbell’s charity, which she set up in 2005, held a string of glitzy, star-studded events to raise funds for causes in London and Cannes.
These were said to include projects ranging from supporting child refugees, to helping victims of the Ebola crisis and the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
She said she is considering all options including requesting an appeal.
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