Listen The Metro Nashville Police Department has formed a specialized task force to enhance its efforts to fight gun crime. City officials say the new unit includes federal agents and focus on figuring out whether a firearm is linked to multiple crimes.
A Program Looking To ‘Cure’ Gun Violence Comes To Nashville
Listen An organized group of Nashville activists is looking to bring an anti-violence effort to the city that treats gun violence as a public health epidemic — like an infectious disease that can spread within a community.
Vanderbilt Trauma Center Treats 5 From Kentucky School Shooting
Listen Updated 10:00 p.m. The most critically injured students from Marshall County High School were all life-flighted from Kentucky to Vanderbilt Medical Center. The school shooting, which killed two and injured 17, was a first for the hospital in 30 years as a Level I trauma center.
A Nashville Neighborhood’s Spike In Violence Proves Hard To Calm
Listen Nashville saw a rise in homicides across the city this year — but some neighborhoods were worse than others. In and around the James Cayce Homes in East Nashville, there were seven murders, the most in 26 years.
After Another Teen Shot In The Cayce Homes, Neighbors Gather To Remember And Mourn
Listen Friends and neighbors gathered Monday night to memorialize the 16-year-old who was fatally shot in the Cayce Homes on Sunday evening. The vigil was the latest in a year of deadly shootings in the East Nashville public housing complex. Deberianah Begley was on her porch when the shooting started. When she ran for cover, she […]
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