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Officers shot and wounded armed man who fired shots and was trying to gain entry to Margolin Hebrew Academy, police say

Memphis police say officers shot a suspect after he attempted to enter a Jewish school with a gun and fired shots after he couldn’t get into the building

Seven months after the horrific beating death by police of Memphis, Tennessee, motorist Tyre Nichols, the Justice Department, on July 27, 2023, launched a civil rights investigation into allegations the Memphis Police Department routinely used excessive force and, on a systemic basis, discriminated against Black residents.

The investigation centres on questions of discrimination in the wake of the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols.