Special prosecutor named in Tennessee supermarket shooting

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A special prosecutor has been appointed to handle the investigation into the fatal shooting of a man at a Tennessee supermarket.

According to Shelby County district attorney Amy Weirich, Nashville-area district attorney Glenn Funk has been selected to investigate the killing of Alvin Motley at a Kroger gas station in Memphis.

Police said a security guard at the supermarket fatally shot Motley during an argument.

Weirich said last week that she recused herself from the probe because an investigator in her office had an off-duty job with the security company involved in the case, and the investigator might be a witness in the prosecution.