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ICE arrests drivers in South Nashville, sparking outrage from local officials

Marianna Bacallao

May 4, 2025

Several drivers in South Nashville were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Saturday night, sparking outrage from activists and politicians.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 287(g), Aftyn Behn, Don Aaron, East Nashville, Freddie O'Connell, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, Nashville police, raid, sean parker, Tennessee Highway Patrol

How a second leak of the Covenant School assailant’s journals impacts an ongoing court case

Marianna Bacallao

June 12, 2024

Conservative news site, The Tennessee Star, may be in legal trouble for publishing leaked pages of the Covenant School assailant’s journals. The Star is a plaintiff in an ongoing lawsuit to compel Nashville Police to release the writings.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant, Covenant School, Don Aaron, gun violence, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, shooting

6 people, including children, were fatally shot at a Green Hills school. Police say the shooter is also dead.

Rachel Iacovone, Paige PflegerandAlexis Marshall

March 27, 2023

Six people, including three students, are dead following a shooting at Covenant School in Green Hills on Monday morning.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant School, Don Aaron, John Cooper, John Drake, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, nashville fire department

MNPD now says it will review body camera footage for improperly censored language, after all

Paige Pfleger

August 17, 2022

The Metro Nashville Police Department will conduct a review of body camera footage to find out if there were more instances of objectionable language being censored.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: community oversight board, Don Aaron, Jill Fitcheard, MNPD

When Did Police First Recall Their 2019 Visit To The Nashville Bomber’s House?

Tony Gonzalez

January 6, 2021

Nashville police helped FBI agents search Anthony Warner's home in Antioch.

A new detail has emerged about when a Nashville police officer first realized he’d previously handled a case involving the Christmas morning bomber. The department now says that a member of its bomb squad went with the FBI to the Antioch home of Anthony Warner on Christmas night.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Anthony Warner, Don Aaron, John Drake, Nashville Christmas blast

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