In this photo provided by WREG, Tyre Nichols' stepfather Rodney Wells, center, stands next to a photo of Nichols in the hospital after his arrest, during a protest in Memphis, Tenn., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (Jordan James/WREG via AP)

The demise of a person after a confrontation with Memphis cops throughout a visitors cease has sparked neighborhood protest and a name from native prosecutors for a state police investigation.

Tyre D. Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was arrested on Jan. 7 after cops stopped him for reckless driving, in keeping with the Memphis Police Division.Police mentioned Nichols fled the car on foot after “a confrontation occurred.”

Officers then pursued Nichols on foot and apprehended him after one other confrontation, in keeping with police, who supplied scant particulars.

“Afterward, the suspect complained of getting a shortness of breath, at which period an ambulance was known as to the scene,” the Memphis Police Division mentioned.

Nichols was then taken to a hospital with respiratory points and was listed underneath vital situation. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation mentioned Nichols died on Jan. 10.



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