Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Jaylin Keshawn McKenzie

Gender : Male

Age : 20

Race : Black

Date : 12/16/2022

Location : 4700 Cochese Rd

City : Memphis

County : Shelby

State : Tennessee

Agency : Memphis PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during traffic stop

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Police tried to make a traffic stop on a vehicle they had profiled as “suspicious.” The car did not stop and police escalated a high-speed chase. The man stopped and exited the vehicle and reportedly exchanged gunfire with police. He was shot and killed.
No video can be located. No BWC was released by police and no eyewitnesses can be found to try to reconstruct Jaylin McKenzie’s reality of events. He is not reported to have committed any crimes which warranted the traffic stop and high-speed chase. The Shelby County District Attorney declined to file charges against the shooter officers.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/tbi-mpd-exchanges-gunfire-suspect-shot-killed-tennessee-bureau-investigation-police-department-gun-shooting-chase-violence-shelby-county-traffic-stop/522-f113c509-f428-4080-a891-e329fac17c20

https://newschannel9.com/news/local/memphis-police-shoot-and-kill-man-who-shot-ran-from-officers

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/police-officer-shoots-kills-man-132712389.html

https://www.psrmemphis.org/new-age-of-transparency-hasnt-arrived-for-most-mpd-cases/

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/officer-who-shot-killed-jaylin-mckenzie-will-not-be-charged-da-mulroy-says/article_f9a48924-5c8a-11ee-abc1-a74f7fb22c84.html