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Posted by: Kate Prince on Feb 16, 2023

 A press release this afternoon from Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy could signal that new information has come to light in the fatal 2015 shooting of Darrius Stewart by Memphis police, the Commercial Appeal reports. The release stated that, during a meeting, Stewart’s father and his attorney informed Mulroy of information the DA’s office “may have not been privy to that was uncovered during the civil investigation.” Mulroy's office will review the unspecified information, the release said. It's unclear how new the information is, what it is, and whether former District Attorney General Amy Weirich's office was aware of it. Stewart was killed by MPD officer Connor Schilling after a confrontation in 2015. Weirich recommended indicting Schilling on two charges, but a grand jury declined to indict Schilling on either charge. Stewart’s mother filed a wrongful death suit in federal civil court in 2020.