Authorities say they have identified a man who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies after he sped toward them in a vehicle as the officers were serving a search warrant in a Memphis neighborhood. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the man who died Friday was 30-year-old James Q. Hampton. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said deputies were serving the high-risk drug warrant when a man who was waiting in a vehicle drove toward a SWAT team at high speed. Bonner says deputies opened fire, killing the driver. No deputies were hurt. Three people were arrested and face drug-related and other charges stemming from the search.
FOX13 learned that five Shelby County Sheriff s Office (SCSO) deputies have been placed on administrative leave after a deputy shot and killed a man while serving a drug warrant on Friday.
James Q. Hampton, 30, was killed as Shelby County deputies attempted to serve a warrant in an ongoing drug case, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Authorities say they have identified a man who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies after he sped toward them in a vehicle as the officers were serving a search warrant