{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. It does not currently publish a ClaimReview verdict on whether the underlying event or claim is true."},"sourceFactuality":{"note":"Factuality values describe published ratings of the outlets that covered the story. They are not a factuality verdict on this story or its claims."}},"story":{"id":"https://mediabias.news/politics/autopsy-national-guard-shot-armed-man-in-back-contradicting-police","slug":"autopsy-national-guard-shot-armed-man-in-back-contradicting-police","url":"https://mediabias.news/politics/autopsy-national-guard-shot-armed-man-in-back-contradicting-police","title":"Autopsy: National Guard shot armed man in back, contradicting police","subtitle":"An autopsy report indicates Tyrin Johnson was shot from behind, differing from initial accounts.","excerpt":"An autopsy report states Tyrin Johnson, 20, was fatally shot in the back by Tennessee National Guard members in Memphis. This contradicts initial police statements that he was facing the troops when they fired. The guard members were part of a federal anti-crime task force.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-08-28T14:45:59.365Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-28T12:31:05.098Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-28T14:45:59.365Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":50,"critic":60,"hype":20,"notes":{"trust":"The central claim is attributed to an autopsy report and the Associated Press, with two full reports providing details.","critic":"The reporting clearly separates facts from comment and includes quotes from affected parties and officials.","hype":"The language used is measured and proportionate, with headlines accurately reflecting the article content."}},"tags":["#TyrinJohnson","#NationalGuard","#Memphis","#PoliceAccountability","#AutopsyReport"],"entities":["Tyrin Johnson","Tennessee National Guard","Memphis","West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center Office of the Medical Examiner","Donald Trump","London Lamar","Raumesh Akbari"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["An autopsy report indicates Tyrin Johnson, 20, was fatally shot in the back by Tennessee National Guard members in Memphis.","This finding contradicts initial police accounts stating Johnson was facing the troops when they fired.","The National Guard members were assigned to the federal Memphis Safe Task Force.","Johnson's family stated the guard members had no justification to shoot him in the back."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"An autopsy report indicates that Tyrin Johnson, a 20-year-old armed man, was fatally shot in the back by Tennessee National Guard members in Memphis. This finding contradicts initial police accounts that stated Johnson was facing the troops when they fired. The National Guard members were assigned to the federal Memphis Safe Task Force."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Authorities had initially stated that Johnson was running from law enforcement and turned toward guard members with a gun when he was shot. However, the autopsy report, prepared by the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center Office of the Medical Examiner, shows a single bullet entered the right side of his back and exited his upper right chest. This trajectory is consistent with him running away from the shooter, according to a forensic pathologist who reviewed the report. The autopsy also noted the absence of soot or gunpowder stippling around the wound, suggesting the shot was fired from more than three feet away."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The manner of death was listed as homicide, a classification used when a death is caused by another person's actions. Johnson's family has stated that the guard members had no justification to shoot their grandson in the back. An attorney for the family noted inconsistencies between law enforcement's narrative and the autopsy findings."},{"type":"heading","text":"Conflicting accounts of the shooting"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Initial police accounts stated that Tyrin Johnson turned toward guard members with a gun while running from them before he was shot. The Tennessee National Guard report indicated that two members responded to a radio call, approached the suspect, who then \"rounded on them and pointed a tan handgun at them,\" leading both troops to fire their weapons. However, an \"investigative narrative\" within the autopsy report, based on an account from a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent, also states Johnson was turning toward law enforcement with a gun. In contrast, the autopsy itself shows a bullet wound in the back, which Johnson's family attorney stated does not match the law enforcement narrative."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated, centre-rated, or right-rated reports mentioned the specific number of National Guard members involved in the shooting, nor did they detail the specific training received by those members. 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