It was not an ordinary afternoon at a Southwest Memphis corner store on Tuesday. A heavy, multi‑agency law‑enforcement operation surrounded the Mitchell Tiger Mart on West Mitchell Road near Rochester Road, with crime‑scene tape wrapping the area as investigators worked the scene and police shut down nearby streets. Uniformed Tennessee National Guard members stood alongside state troopers and federal agents while officers kept traffic and onlookers at a distance. Officials had not released details about arrests or what set off the large‑scale response at the time local crews were reporting from the scene.
Agencies at the scene
An Action News 5 crew at the site reported seeing National Guard members, Memphis Police Department units, Tennessee Highway Patrol officers and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives among the agencies on the ground. The station also noted that Crime Scene Investigators arrived to process the area and that crime‑scene tape blocked off the store and nearby traffic while investigators worked. According to Action News 5, the newsroom reached out to law enforcement…..