5 things to know about the fatal officer shooting near Memphis
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An off-duty police officer was shot and killed Sunday in Cordova, Tennessee, Memphis' WHBQ-TV reports.
1. The officer, Terence Olridge, joined the Memphis Police Department in September 2014. According to WHBQ, Olridge, 31, was on his way to work about 1 p.m. Sunday when he was shot multiple times near his home.
"We just got a call, told us he'd been shot on his way to work, that he made his way back to the door some kind of way," Jerry Kelly, Oldridge's uncle, told WHBQ. "I don't know exactly how he made it back, but made it back to the garage door."
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2. Olridge's fiancee is four months' pregnant with their first child. The couple had planned to marry later this year.
3. A suspect is in custody. Police told WHBQ Lorenzo Clark was charged with convicted felon in possession of a handgun charge.
Police said Olridge had an encounter with Clark that ended with an exchanged of gunfire. Olridge was hit and went back to his home to get help.
"Please continue to pray for this police department," Memphis Police Department Director Toney Armstrong said at a news conference Sunday. "It wasn't very long ago that I stood in close proximity to where I'm standing now and said something very similar to what I am saying now. It just doesn't get any easier. I didn't think we would be here so soon."
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5. Government officials are speaking out and offering their condolences. "Today, the collective heart of the city is broken," Memphis Mayor-Elect Jim Strickland said in a statement. "My prayers go out to the family and friends of Officer Olridge."
