MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a man in a Memphis neighborhood Friday who sped toward them in a car while they were serving a search warrant, officials said.
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said officers were serving a high-risk drug arrest warrant around 3:30 p.m. when a man waiting in a vehicle drove at a high rate of speed toward a SWAT team in the Orange Mound neighborhood.
Officers opened fire and killed the driver, Bonner said. The driver was not immediately identified.
No deputies were injured. Four people have been arrested for questioning and charges are expected, Bonner said.
During a search, officers found several firearms with high-capacity magazines and a pistol equipped with a Glock switch, a device that turns a pistol into an automatic weapon, Bonner said.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting, which occurred six days after nine people were shot at an Orange Mound park. Two men were killed and seven other people were injured but survived. No arrests have been made.
It also occurred two weeks after Memphis Police Officer Joseph McKinney was killed during a shootout that occurred while officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle. One suspect was also killed.
