NEW: Three fire personnel who responded to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols have been fired after an internal investigation, the Memphis Fire Dept. says.
were terminated Monday after an internal investigation, the Memphis Fire Department said.
"Their actions or inactions on the scene that night do not meet the expectations of the Memphis Fire Department and are not reflective of the outstanding service the men and women of the Memphis Fire Department provide daily in our community," it said. "Our investigation has concluded that the two EMT's responded based on the initial nature of the call and information they were told on the scene and failed to conduct an adequate patient assessment of Mr. Nichols," the department said.Video released from the Nichols traffic stop showed officers exerting multiple uses of force against him, including pepper spray.
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