Tyrin Johnson was shot in back during National Guard shooting

Key Points:

• Tyrin Johnson, a 20-year-old man, was fatally shot in the back by two National Guard members during a foot chase in Memphis on July 5; the autopsy confirmed a single gunshot wound with no close-range indicators, and the death was ruled a homicide.
• The National Guard and Memphis police were responding to a shots-fired call and pursued Johnson, described as an "armed male carrying a handgun," though it remains unclear if he pointed the gun at the Guard members.
• Johnson’s autopsy revealed no drugs or alcohol in his system, and while a handgun magazine was found among his personal effects, no handgun was listed in the report.
• The National Guard has been deployed in Memphis since last fall as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force, created under the Trump administration to address crime, with Guard members patrolling alongside local law enforcement despite differing training backgrounds.
• The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is conducting an ongoing investigation into the shooting, and no charging decision has been made; both Guard members involved were younger than the minimum age required to be Memphis police officers.