What the records say
- When
- 2010
- Kind
- Shooting
- Coordinates
- 35.16° N, 90.22° W
- Description
- shooting in West Memphis, Arkansas
- Injured
- 2
- Date from
- year in its name
2010 West Memphis police shootings
Shooting attacks in Arkansas, U.S.
Two policemen in West Memphis, Arkansas were shot and killed during a traffic stop on May 20, 2010. The two suspects, 45-year-old Jerry R. Kane Jr., and his 16-year-old son Joseph T. Kane, were killed hours later in a Walmart parking lot after a shootout ensued when police confronted them. The two were later identified as members of the sovereign citizen movement.
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