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groundloop

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Mon Jan 11, 2021, 09:41 AM Jan 2021

Tennessee police officer charged in kidnap-slaying

Source: ABC News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A Tennessee police officer was charged with kidnapping a man in a squad car while on duty and fatally shooting him, authorities said.

Patric Ferguson, a Memphis police officer since 2018, was charged in the death of Robert Howard, 30, of Memphis. Howard was reported missing Wednesday, Memphis police said in a statement Sunday on Twitter.

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Ferguson used a personal handgun to allegedly force Howard into the back of a police car and drove him to an area where he was shot, the statement said. An acquaintance, Joshua Rogers, 28, was charged with helping Ferguson relocate Howard's body.

Ferguson was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree murder in perpetration of aggravated kidnapping. Rogers was charged with accessory after the fact. Both were charged with abuse of a corpse and fabricating and tampering with evidence.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tennessee-police-officer-charged-kidnap-slaying-75172375?cid=clicksource_4380645_6_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed



Ferguson, who is 29, was fired.
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