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Police address crime at Cordova townhall meeting
Jul 27, 2021 / 10:08 PM CDT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Crime was fresh on the minds of many who attended a townhall meeting in Cordova Tuesday evening.
It came just days after two people were injured in a shooting at Incredible Pizza on Germantown Parkway.
“When I heard about the shooting and then I heard about the meeting, I said, ‘Well, I better try and get down there to see what I can hear and what I can find out,’” said George Ross.
The meeting was attended by several Memphis City Council members as well as Assistant Police Chief Don Crowe and other high-ranking police brass.
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There s been a 12% increase in violent crime compared to last year Author: Caitlin McCarthy Updated: 10:07 PM CDT July 26, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn. This weekend s spike in violent crime is raising concern citywide.
Ten people were shot with two at Incredible Pizza Company and three at CC s Blues Club.
The Memphis Shelby Crime Commission reports a 12% increase in violent crime, such as homicide, murder, and aggravated assault, from last year. More than 70% of those incidents involved a gun.
Bill Gibbons, the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission president, said aggravated assaults are driving the increase.
We need to take those aggravated assaults seriously because most are being committed with guns and an aggravated assault can turn into a homicide within in a split second, Gibbons said.
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