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WBFF Fox 45 :: Door Set on Fire at TSU Dorm
The Nashville Fire Department responded to Tennessee State University in west nashville following a fire at a dorm on Thursday morning.
According to campus security, someone put lighter fluid on a door at the New Residence Center dorm. They say it was a Halloween prank. The fire was extinguished when the fire department arrived at just after 1 a.m.
Ricky Taylor, District Fire Chief, Nashville Fire Department, says that a small paper decoration was burned up on the door. He says the fire investigator was notified and that the incident will be looked into.
No one was injured.
Door Set on Fire at TSU Dorm

Thursday, November 1 2012, 03:17 AM CDT

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Man pleads guilty to Memphis officer's murder
May 21, 2013 22:22 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A former death row inmate is set to be released from prison after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder of a Memphis police officer.

Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich said Tuesday that she has accepted Timothy McKinney's guilty plea.

McKinney was convicted of first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of Officer Don Williams. The officer was killed outside a comedy club in December 1997.

McKinney appealed and won a new trial, which ended with a deadlocked jury. A third trial earlier this year also ended in a hung jury.

The Commercial Appeal reports that McKinney was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Since he's already served more than 15 years -- including 11 on death row -- McKinney will be released this week.

Williams' family opposed the settlement.

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