Autopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the back
The report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest.
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Summary based on reporting from The Guardian, ABC News and BBC News.
Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: ABC News · Aug 28, 2026 at 2:16 AM ET
- Coverage span: 11h 6m
- Coverage: 3 reports from 3 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 1 → 3 publications in 11h 29m
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Corroborated details
Details appearing in reports from multiple independent sources:
- “20-year-old” — The Guardian, ABC News
Coverage
3 publications are covering this story.
Excerpts are the summaries each publisher distributes with its own feed, shortened and attributed.
BBC NewsTier A
Autopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the back(opens original report in a new tab)The GuardianTier B
Tennessee national guard fatally shot armed man in back, autopsy shows(opens original report in a new tab)Officials said Tyrin Johnson turned toward guard members with gun while running as report shows he was shot in back Tennessee national guard members assigned to a federal anti-crime taskforce in Memphis fatally shot an… — The Guardian
ABC NewsTier B
Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back(opens original report in a new tab)An autopsy shows that an armed man killed by the Tennessee National Guard was shot in the back — ABC News
How coverage developed
First report from ABC News
Reported by The Guardian
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Reported by BBC News
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Story updateCoverage went from 2 to 3 sources
How CurrentWire compiled this story
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Signal breakdown
CurrentWire ranked this story 87.8 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
- Freshness
- 31.7 of 35
- Source authority
- 20 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 11.1 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 10 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
- 5 of 5
Strongest signal: source authority, 20 of 20. How each signal is calculated.
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