Man arrested after MPD officer-involved incident
A Memphis Police Department officer was involved in a physical altercation outside a Midtown Walgreens on Wednesday, police said.
MPD responded to an incident Wednesday evening at the Walgreens at the intersection of Union Avenue and Mclean Boulevard. A witness said one officer and one other individual were involved in the altercation.
A witness, who did not want to give his last name, said he saw a police officer try to a take a man outside Walgreens into custody, the man threw the officer off and the two fought until the officer eventually subdued the man.
It was unclear why the man and officer were involved in the altercation.
The officer had observed the man “loitering,” MPD said Thursday.
While The CA interviewed the witness, multiple officers approached and began interviewing the witness.
Officers could be seen putting a man into a squad car at about 8:30 p.m. lt was difficult to see whether he had any visible bruises or abrasions.
At 8 p.m. Wednesday, there were at least 25 officers and 17 squad cars at the scene. Multiple police officers told The Commercial Appeal that ‘a small disturbance’ had occurred.
Later, an officer told The CA, that there had been an altercation between a man and an officer and the man had been taken into custody. An ambulance left the scene at 8:24 p.m. It was not clear who was in the ambulance.
MPD said Thursday morning that Wesley Jones had been arrested on suspicion of assault, criminal trespassing, disorderly conduct and resisting official detention.
The police also said an officer had been taken to Methodist University for noncritical injuries following the altercation with Jones. Jones was taken to Regionalone and then to the Shelby County Jail at 201 Poplar Avenue, police said.
Commercial Appeal reporter Corinne S Kennedy contributed.