City

Memphis

County

Shelby County

State

TN

Location

Shelby County Jail, 201 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN

Category

Violence

Severity

high

Priority

high

Occurred On

2026-10-06

Published On

2026-10-07

Source Records

1

Source

Memphis Report – Crime & Courts dispatch

Source URL

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Summary

Source-linked reporting says a Shelby County jail inmate died after a stabbing and his cellmate was charged with first-degree murder.

Verification

Occurrence Confidence

exact

Publication Confidence

exact

Verification Status

single-source

Source Role

local news