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Memphis Man Brandon Webber ID’d As Wednesday Night TN Police Involved Shooting Victim

MEMPHIS, TN. (THECOUNT) — Brandon D. Webber has been identified as the man involved in a fatal police-involved shooting that sparked a violent protest in Memphis, Tennessee on Wednesday night.

Webber, 21, was shot dead while marshals were attempting to serve a warrant in Frayser. Police say the victim had allegedly “pulled a rifle,” when the shooting occurred on Wednesday, according to local news reports.

The deadly shooting occurred in the 2000 block of Durham Ave in Memphis and involved the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force, a U.S. Marshal Service, at about 7 p.m. local time, reports Heavy.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released a statement, that did not identify Webber, saying U.S. Marshals were serving warrants on a man who rammed his vehicle into the officers’ vehicles before exiting with a weapon.

“Preliminary information indicates that at approximately 7 p.m., multiple officers with the United States Marshals Service – Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force encountered a male, wanted on multiple warrants, outside of a home in the 2700 block of Durham Street as he was getting into a vehicle. While attempting to stop the individual, he reportedly rammed his vehicle into the officers’ vehicles multiple times before exiting with a weapon. The officers fired striking and killing the individual. No officers were injured,” the statement said.

Webber allegedly posted a video to Facebook about three hours before the shooting. He turned the camera to show a passing police car. Webber then admitted to the camera he was the suspect involved in a recent high speed chase.

Several police officers and reporters suffered minor injuries on the scene. Local reporters said a crowd threw rocks at a group of Memphis Police officers, who were on the scene to assist with traffic control. They were not involved with the shooting. Other reporters said they heard gunfire. One reporter captured a video of two men smashing a Memphis police car with a chair.

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember the beloved young man:

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Geo quick facts: Frayser is a community in North Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Memphis is a city on the Mississippi River in southwest Tennessee, famous for the influential strains of blues, soul and rock ‘n’ roll that originated there. Elvis Presley, B.B. King and Johnny Cash recorded albums at the legendary Sun Studio, and Presley’s Graceland mansion is a popular attraction. Other music landmarks include the Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum, Blues Hall of Fame and Stax Museum of American Soul Music – wikipedia.

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  • And the LEFT-TARD LOCAL AND NATIONWIDE PRESS continues to Ignore the Murder of MEMPHIANS Scott Hervey and Glenn Cofield by "BLACK MEMPHIS KINGS" according to Angel Logan.

  • The evidence shows that this Black Man was a THUG. Who in their Right Mind would Ram Police Cars and pull out a Rifle after evading a High Speed Chase by Cops??? Sounds pretty STUPID.

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