The incident happened Wednesday, July 8, at the Extended Stay hotel on Poplar Avenue.

A man is dead after a federal agent opened fire during an attempt to serve an arrest warrant at an East Memphis hotel Wednesday morning, sparking a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation review into what happened.

Two Tennessee National Guard members fatally shot a man in Memphis who turned toward them with a gun during a downtown pursuit, authorities said.

By Joseph Ax July 6 (Reuters) - Two Tennessee National Guard soldiers assigned to a Donald Trump-backed anti-crime task force fatally shot an armed man being pursued by Memphis police, focusing attention on a high-profile federal crime-fighting initiative the president has touted as a success.

Two Tennessee National Guard members fatally shot a man in Memphis who turned toward them with a gun during a downtown pursuit, authorities said.