Second person in 4 days is fatally shot in Memphis by federal task force member

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The second fatal shooting in four days by a federal crime-fighting task force in Memphis is under investigation. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the shooting happened Wednesday at about 8:30 a.m. while U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents were serving a warrant. A news release says, “For reasons still under investigation, the situation escalated, resulting in a DEA agent firing into a room, striking a man and killing him.” TBI is reviewing both this incident and a previous shooting on Sunday by members of the Tennessee National Guard.