37-year-old Tommie Joe Simmons had a domestic altercation with his brothers, Marvin Hawkins and Phillips Hawkins, at their Gruber Drive residence on May 26th. Around noon, Marvin and Phillips filed a police report, stating that they had argued with Tommie over money, during which he went to a blue van that was parked on the street, retrieved a black handgun, and pointed it at them, causing them to scatter for their safety. Then, Tommie put the gun inside a toolbox in the bed of a pick-up truck parked in the driveway. When Marvin and Phillips returned home, Tommie grabbed the gun and threatened to kill them, so they ran away, and he went inside. When officers arrived, they reviewed footage of the incident from the family’s surveillance system, corroborating their statements. Tommie Joe Simmons was taken into custody for two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of domestic assault.
Tommie Joe Simmons of Gruber Drive Memphis, TN, was booked into the Shelby County Jail on May 26th, charged with aggravated assault. A judicial commissioner set his bond at $20,000.
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