Suspect dead after shootout with Memphis Police in Frayser; 2nd man arrested

UPDATE, TUESDAY: Police have arrested and charged the suspect who survived this chase.

Tadarius Nichols, 26, is listed in the Shelby County Jail log, charged with motor vehicle theft and evading arrest. He has a court date set for Wednesday.

A city spokesperson confirmed Nichols was a part-time employee in the Parks department.

A court affidavit states that Nichols was the driver of the stolen Dodge Charger that stopped near Cornerstone Academy on Overton Crossing on Monday. Nichols denied to police that he was involved in the earlier carjacking. Records do not list the name of the man who was killed.

Earlier coverage is below.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man wanted in a carjacking is dead after an exchange of gunfire with officers during a chase in Frayser, Memphis Police said Monday.

Police say it started in Raleigh just after midnight Monday morning when a white Dodge Charger was taken in a carjacking from the 4100 block of Ann Arbor Lane.

“He came on my side of the car – on the driver side with a long silver shotgun and pointed at me,” carjacking victim Stacey Adams said. “(He) told me to get out the car.”

Adams said the armed gunman wasn’t alone.

On her passenger side, another man was brandishing a handgun.

She said she was just getting home from work and was caught off guard.

“I had my own gun, but I was just too frozen and afraid to even reach for it,” Adams said.

Police put out a citywide alert for the suspects.

At 2 p.m. officers spotted the carjacked vehicle near Watkins Street and Dellwood, with two males inside. They say they attempted a traffic stop, but the driver refused to stop.

The Charger stopped at Frayser Boulevard and Adair Drive, where the suspects got out and ran east on Frayser Boulevard.

As officers pursued them on foot, they say one of the suspects fired shots at officers.

Officers returned fire, striking the suspect. The man was pronounced dead on the scene, and a weapon was found nearby.

The second suspect was caught after a brief pursuit.

No officers were injured.

“I don’t know how to feel,” Adams said. “I’m mad, and I’m sad and I don’t really care because of how I was treated.”

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says their agents are in Memphis to investigate.

The scene is near the Cornerstone Prep Denver Campus on Frayser Boulevard.

It was the second deadly police shooting in the Memphis area on Monday. Another suspect was killed as police in Olive Branch, Mississippi were serving a warrant.

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