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Nashville gathers to honor those killed in the Covenant School shooting

Alexis Marshall

March 30, 2023

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Hundreds gathered in Public Square Park Wednesday evening to mourn the six victims of Monday’s mass shooting at the Covenant School. While the main programming didn’t directly address the issue of gun violence, community members in the audience did.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant School, gun violence, Mayor John Cooper, MNPD

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

After a report showed long 911 wait times, Nashville police excluded more than 22,000 calls from its data

Paige Pfleger

March 6, 2023

Nashville’s police department is recalculating response times for 911 calls going back several years. The move follows a recent report from the Community Oversight Board that found that wait times were twice as long — or even three times longer — than previous years.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: community oversight board, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD

Nashville police response times have ballooned since 2020. Oversight group says that damages faith in the department.

Paige Pfleger

March 1, 2023

A patrol car in downtown Nashville.

In 2020, it took only 10 minutes for Nashville police to respond to a call about a shooting. Two years later, that wait time had tripled to half an hour.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: community oversight board, MNPD, police

Nashville man cleared of murder after ‘a failure at every level of local law enforcement’ kept him imprisoned for 10 years

Anna Gallegos-Cannon

February 13, 2023

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After nearly 22 years, Paul Shane Garrett was exonerated for murder. But why did it take the criminal justice system that long to clear an innocent man’s name?

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, News Hits, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, Nashville Metro Council, Paul Shane Garrett

Tyre Nichols case puts spotlight on Tennessee’s policing priorities

Ambriehl Crutchfield, Paige PflegerandJulia Ritchey

January 30, 2023

Nashville protest sign

The beating of Tyre Nichols in police custody is renewing concerns about how top leaders are addressing police abuses statewide, including in Nashville.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: criminal justice, memphis, MNPD, police brutality, policing, Tyre Nichols

Metro Nashville Police officers shoot and kill man in North Nashville

Paige Pfleger

January 29, 2023

Edited video was released by the Metro Nashville Police Department early Monday morning. Metro Nashville Community Oversight says it is reviewing the incident.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD

In 2019, he was wrongfully arrested by MNPD. Now Nashville will pay him $236,000.

Paige Pfleger

January 18, 2023

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It was a Thursday night in 2019, and Ralph Ward had a busy day at work. He had a corporate job with T-Mobile and had also picked up a gig delivering packages for Amazon.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, wrongful arrest

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