MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Authorities in Tennessee say a police officer has been charged with kidnapping a man in a squad car while on duty and fatally shooting him. Memphis police say 29-year-old Patric Ferguson was charged in the death of 30-year-old Robert Howard of Memphis. Howard was reported missing Wednesday. Police say Ferguson was fired following his arrest. He.
A Memphis police officer was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing a man while on-duty last week, the department announced Saturday. Patric Ferguson, 29, an officer with the Memphis Police …
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A Tennessee police officer is accused of kidnapping and murdering a man in his squad car while on duty.
On Sunday, the Memphis Police Department announced that one of their own officers, Patric Ferguson, had allegedly kidnapped a 30-year-old man from a Frayser home, forced him into the back of a squad car and drove him to another location before fatally shooting him. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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Ferguson was on duty at the time and knew the victim, identified by police as Robert Howard. Police allege Ferguson was acting on his own accord.
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Memphis police officer Patric Ferguson is accused of kidnapping and murdering a man. Joshua Rogers is accused of helping Ferguson in the crime.
1/10/2021 - A Memphis police officer is now in jail for kidnapping and murdering a man, while on duty.
The Memphis Police Department released a statement about the officer’s arrest on Twitter at 1:48 a.m. on Sunday.
On January 6, the Memphis police received a call about a missing man around 8:30 p.m. Once investigators had a chance to talk with the missing man’s girlfriend, officers learned that 30-year-old Robert Howard was last seen on January 5 in the 3500 block of Mark Twain Street around 5:00 p.m.