‘My son knows not to shoot at police.’ Mother of teen killed in shootout believes son didn’t kill MPD officer

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‘My son knows not to shoot at police.’ Mother of teen killed in shootout believes son didn’t kill MPD officer

MEMPHIS, Tenn. --- The mother of Jaylen Lobley, who was killed in the shootout that also killed Memphis Police Officer Joseph McKinney, says she feels her son did not fire the fatal shots. MPD officer may have been killed by ‘friendly fire,’ D.A.’s office says Lobley, who was 18, was named as a suspect after McKinney was shot to death last Friday. WREG reached out to Lobley's family after learning Lobley had earlier been released on hi…