Metro Nashville Police say they will not be releasing documents related to the Covenant School shooting anytime soon, as gun rights groups and Republican politicians call for their release.
Calls mount for the release of writings retrieved from the Covenant School shooter’s home
Although the investigation by the FBI and the Metro Nashville Police Department is still underway, Gov. Bill Lee and other elected officials are calling for writings left behind by the perpetrator to be made public.
How Tennessee became one of the most gun-friendly states before the Covenant School shooting
An intruder, armed with two automatic-style weapons and a handgun, entered a Nashville school and killed six people. The three guns — along with four others hidden at home — were obtained legally, despite concerns over the perpetrator’s mental health at the time.
Metro Nashville Police fatally shoot man in Hermitage
Details are scant so far in the first fatal shooting by Nashville police in 2023. Last year, three people were fatally shot by Nashville police — two in November and one in January.
TBI investigating late afternoon shooting on I-65
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says agents are at the scene of a shooting on I-65 after Nashville police, Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers and an off-duty Mt. Juliet officer shot and killed a 37-year-old man while, they say, they were responding to reports of a person with a box cutter.
‘We Keep Us Safe’: Nashville Protesters Rally For Peace After Police Shooting
In response to rising gun violence, community organizers in Nashville wanted April 24 to be 24 hours of peace. A police shooting just before midnight shattered that plan.
Shooting Reported At Knoxville’s Austin-East High School
Knoxville Police say one person has been killed and an officer is being treated for non-life threatening injuries following an exchange of gunfire at a Knoxville high school. Another person has been taken into custody.
Nashville Rabbis Call For Unity, Decry Rise In Hate Speech
Nashville rabbis urged more than a thousand people Monday night to speak out against hateful words and actions following the shooting in Pittsburgh. The memorial service included a song played on one of the Violins of Hope — instruments that survived the Holocaust — and the lighting of 11 memorial candles adorned with Stars of […]
Nashville Students Organize March For Our Lives, Joining National Wave Of Activism
Listen Thousands flocked to downtown Nashville Saturday morning for March for Our Lives, and it was students who led the pack, spearheading almost every aspect from logistics to publicity to the speaker lineup.
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