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Man Allegedly Kills Wife After Traffic Stop in Memphis

8/17/2026

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Tyronne Brazille allegedly shot his wife Lanessa Bradford and placed her body in his car's passenger seat.
Memphis police stopped Brazille for a traffic violation Thursday and found Bradford dead with a gunshot wound.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports more than half of U.S. female homicide victims are killed by current or former intimate partners, a rate that in Louisiana exceeds the national average.

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Tyronne Brazille allegedly shot his wife Lanessa Bradford and placed her body in his car's passenger seat.
Memphis police stopped Brazille for a traffic violation Thursday and found Bradford dead with a gunshot wound.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports more than half of U.S. female homicide victims are killed by current or former intimate partners, a rate that in Louisiana exceeds the national average.