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Family and Lawmakers Demand Video After Tennessee National Guard Shooting Kills 20-Year-Old

Family members and Tennessee lawmakers are demanding immediate release of surveillance and police footage after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed that two Tennessee National Guard members fired and that family members were told Tyrin Johnson was shot twice in the chest.The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says it is conducting a review at the request of the attorney general's office and is collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses while the Memphis Police Department has declined to say if or when it will release video.The soldiers were part of the Memphis Safe Task Force deployed under a federal crime-fighting patrol initiated by former President Donald Trump, and the shooting has intensified debate over armed National Guard patrols in majority-Black neighborhoods as family members dispute claims about Tyrin Johnson's actions.
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