Officers identified in fatal shooting of 20-year-old man in Whitehaven
Memphis police have identified the three officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man at a Whitehaven home last month.
The officers involved in the death of Abdoulaye Thiam have been identified as Brandon Jones, Carlos Donaldson and Timothy Hamilton.
Jones has been an officer with the city since 2010, Donaldson has worked with the city since 2017 and Hamilton has been on the force since 2016. All three work at Raines precinct and are still relieved of duty pending the outcome of the investigation.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the Jan. 2 shooting in the 1300 block of Timothy Drive, off Hermitage Drive.
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Police said they were responding to a domestic violence disturbance at the home when Thiam, armed with a knife, confronted officers.
The three officers fired shots and Thiam died on the scene. Thiam graduated from Sheffield High School in 2016 where he was on the school’s soccer team. He moved to the United States in 2008 from Senegal.
Police said they have recovered video of the incident from the body cameras of all three officers and it has been turned over to the TBI.
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Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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