Topic: Justin Smith

Indianapolis police have arrested and charged a man in connection with the slayings of two women whose bodies were found days apart along the same road.

A former Memphis, Tenn., police officer charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols will plead guilty to federal civil rights violations on Thursday, his attorney said.

A federal grand jury has indicted five former Memphis police officers in the death of Tyre Nichols. Nichols died in a hospital on January 10, three days after being beaten by members of an elite police anti-gang unit.

The Shelby County Tennessee district attorney has dropped more than 30 cases worked by the five former Memphis police officers charged with second-degree murder of Tyre Nichols.

Attorneys for the family of Tyre Nichols said Wednesday that the official autopsy report states the 29-year-old man's death was a homicide the result of blunt force trauma.

A court order has delayed the release of about 20 hours of footage from the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police officers on Wednesday.

The five former Memphis police officers charged with murdering Tyre Nichols pleaded not guilty in court Friday.

Two deputies who arrived at the scene of the beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police officers following a traffic stop in early January have been suspended, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said. Nichols later died.

After a delay caused by stormy weather, mourners gathered to honor the life of police-beating victim Tyre Nichols during a funeral Wednesday in Memphis.

The Memphis Fire Department fired three workers on Monday for their response to a gravely injured Tyre Nichols earlier this month. Also on Monday, Memphis Police confirmed that a sixth officer has been relieved of duty.