Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back

Tennessee National Guard members assigned to a federal anti-crime task force in Memphis fatally shot an armed 20-year-old man in the back, according to an autopsy report obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, contradicting police accounts that remarked the man was facing.

What happened

According to Authorities have, tyrin Johnson turned toward guard members with a gun while running from them in the early morning hours after the Fourth of July holiday in Memphis when he was fatally shot in the chest.

But according to an autopsy report shared by Johnson's family, a single bullet went in the right side of his back and exited through his upper right chest. The autopsy findings, documented earlier by The Commercial Appeal, were prepared by the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center Office of the Medical Examiner. It did not respond to a request for comment.

The bottom line

In short, autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.