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Fatal shooting by Nashville officers under investigation

WPLN Staff

November 12, 2022

Nashville police shooting in Madison

A man is dead Saturday morning after a fatal shooting by Nashville police. MNPD has released excerpts from body camera footage of the incident.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Madison, Metro Nashville Police Department, officer involved shooting, shootings

TBI investigating late afternoon shooting on I-65

Marianna BacallaoandRachel Iacovone

January 27, 2022

Sign outside the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation headquarters

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.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Nashville Police Department, Metro Police, MNPD, Nashville police, officer involved shooting, police, shooting, shootings, TBI, Tennessee Highway Patrol

Shooting In Maury County Leaves 3 Dead; Man In Custody

Marianna BacallaoandDamon Mitchell

October 1, 2021

Rowland said the man’s mom and two other family members were the victims of the shooting, and of the five other family members home, one escaped through a window to call the police.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Maury County, shootings

‘We Keep Us Safe’: Nashville Protesters Rally For Peace After Police Shooting

Paige Pfleger

April 24, 2021

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.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: gun violence, Jefferson Street, Metro Nashville Police Department, Metro Police, Nashville police, police, protest, shooting, shootings

A Tennessee Senator Wants School Counselors To Identify ‘Students Who Might Be Dangerous’

Blake Farmer

February 20, 2018

Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander says he’s on board with strengthening background checks, as the White House has implicitly endorsed. He also says there’s no excuse for inaction after the Parkland school shooting.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Lamar Alexander, shootings

After Another Teen Shot In The Cayce Homes, Neighbors Gather To Remember And Mourn

Meribah Knight

October 10, 2017

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 […]

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: gun violence, shootings

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