Martoiya Veontwanneice Woods Lang was a 32-year-old Memphis Police Department officer killed on December 14, 2012, while serving with the Organized Crime Unit. She had been with the department for nine and a half years and was taking part in executing a narcotics search warrant at a residence on Mendenhall Court when officers were met with gunfire from inside the home. A man inside opened fire as officers entered; Officer Lang was struck and fatally wounded and another officer was injured but survived. Officers returned fire and wounded the shooter, identified as Treveno Campbell.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation later opened an inquiry into the conduct of two officers at the scene after inconsistencies emerged in their accounts of what happened after Officer Lang was shot. Treveno Campbell was arrested and charged with murder; at trial prosecutors said officers had announced their presence with a no-knock warrant while the defense contended Campbell did not know he was firing at police. A jury convicted Campbell of second-degree murder and he received a 40-year prison term that included other charges from the incident. Officer Lang, a mother of four, was the first female officer in the city’s history to be killed in the line of duty.

If anyone knew Officer Lang or has information about the shooting on Mendenhall Court, please come forward.