Kelli Cook

1 week ago | actionnews5.com | Kelli Cook

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - It’s been nearly six months since this press conference announced the launch of a brand-new Joint Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. Memphis and Shelby County governments coming together with a primary goal of lowering crime. Here’s the reality - Memphis has a crime problem. Solving it has been complicated. For years, city and county leaders have turned to hi-tech cameras, command centers, tougher sentences and more officers as solutions to solving crime.

2 weeks ago | actionnews5.com | Kelli Cook |Lydian Coombs

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Despite a particularly violent past couple of weeks, data from the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission shows that overall crime is down compared to this time last year. That’s according to statistics the commission released this week. The data compares reported crime during the first three months of 2025 to the same months in 2024.

3 weeks ago | actionnews5.com | Kelli Cook

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Sunday, April 20, marks the one-year anniversary of a deadly block party shooting in Orange Mound. Nine people were shot that day and tragically, two people died. No one has been arrested for the killings. Memphis Police officers Abdullah Ginem and Adam Abdellatif are patrol partners with the Tillman precinct and regularly patrol the Orange Mound area. They were on duty on the night of the mass shooting. “We were like down the block when we heard the shots fired.

1 month ago | actionnews5.com | Kelli Cook

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Action News 5 is taking a closer look at the shocking video that shows the moments leading up to the shooting death of Pastor Ricky Floyd--more specifically, the warning the shooter gave before that fatal shot. Samantha Marion, 42, is facing a voluntary manslaughter charge. Marion recorded cell phone footage outside Momma’s Bar on Kentucky Street around 1:15 a.m. on March 12, which her attorney released to the public.

1 month ago | actionnews5.com | Kelli Cook

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - There’s a new chapter in the saga involving a Shelby County man charged with impersonating an attorney to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from people in need. Glenis “Chip” Campbell was back in court Tuesday to face not only a judge, but also one of his 13 alleged victims. Rick Stewart has vowed to be present at each one of Campbell’s court hearings. “It’s hurtful, that’s all I can say. It hurts that he got so much of my trust, but yet, it meant nothing to him.