The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has launched a formal inquiry after two members of the Tennessee National Guard shot and killed a civilian shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday.
According to the Memphis Police, as officers responded to a shots-fired call in the early hours of July 5 they observed an armed man carrying a handgun fleeing the scene. Tennessee National Guard soldiers on assignment as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force joined the foot pursuit.
Twenty-year-old Tyrin Johnson, a civilian, allegedly turned his weapon on the soldiers, prompting the guardsmen to open fire. Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene…