MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Investigators have identified a man who died after Memphis police shot him while responding to a domestic violence call early Friday morning in Raleigh.
According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), two officers with the Memphis Police Department responded to reports of a stabbing May, 10, 2024, just after 3 a.m. in the 3000 block of Dumbarton Road.
When officers arrived, they determined a man was armed with several knives in an upstairs bedroom. As officers moved up toward the suspect, he swung a knife at them, causing one officer to fall down the stairs. In response, the second officer shot the suspect, who later died. TBI later identified the man as 39-year-old Freeman Sherman Jr.
The victim who had been stabbed was taken to Regional One Health in critical condition.
Investigators said the officer who fell was taken to Methodist North Hospital in non-critical condition.
TBI is investigating the incident.