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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 28, 2025

Police records show that 20 people were shot and killed in Memphis over a two-week span in a surge of gun violence, The Daily Memphian reports. That brings the number of homicides in the city to at least 29 so far this month, according to Memphis Police Department records through April 26. Mayor Paul Young and MPD Chief C.J. Davis addressed the violence during a news conference on Friday afternoon. Young outlined actions his administration and the department are taking to reduce crime, including the city’s violence-reduction strategy, efforts to arrest individuals with active warrants, and the installation of surveillance cameras across Memphis. “We are not going to accept this anymore in our community,” Young said. In related news,the Commercial Appeal reports that the police department has opened a new Downtown Real Time Crime Center with the goal of improving crime rates in the downtown area.