Storyline
Memphis federal task force shootings July 2026
One page that accretes the verified record as the story develops. Every fact keeps its date and its sources.
1 DAYS
16 FACTS
1 EVENTS
1 SOURCES
FIRST ENTRY JUL 06
JUL 06 · Day 1
National Guard soldiers fatally shoot armed man in downtown Memphis
The Memphis Safe Task Force was formed in September via a Trump declaration.
A cousin of Johnson told the AP that family members learned from authorities that Johnson had been shot twice in the chest.
A judge blocked the deployment of Guard forces in Memphis last October, but that ruling was overturned on appeal.
“The heartbreaking reality is that he will never have the chance to enjoy what we were building together. That is a pain no grandparent should ever have to endure.”
EVANIEL JOHNSON
verbatim