Wednesday afternoon, a 54-year-old man reported that a young man driving a Mustang at 14th Avenue and Broadway pulled up beside him, pointed a pistol at him and motioned for him to pull over. Instead, the victim called police, who located and arrested 18-year-old Christopher Works, III.
Metro’s Juvenile Crime Task Force officers have taken 14 guns off the streets of Nashville in the first 11 days of the new year.
Mayor David Briley shoots down agreement to bring ‘ShotSpotter’ technology to Nashville. The technology helps solve gun-related crimes in over 100 other cities, improves response times, and was previously approved & funded by Metro City Council.
After having 12 of 16 drug & gun charges dismissed in May, and being placed on probation, Miles Fuller,19, traded a stolen handgun to an off-duty MNPD officer during a private transaction. Then his day got even worse.
MNPD raided the Edgehill homes of Shawn Stafford (Arrested) & Shamus Peebles (WANTED) on Monday, where they seized cocaine, heroin, marijuana, guns and cash.
An argument over a basketball game ended in gunfire on Wednesday on the campus of Tennessee State University.
Ladarius Nelson, 22 & a convicted robber, is charged with auto theft, gun theft, unlawful gun possession by a convicted felon, and several drug offenses – caught during Thursday night’s arrests that also got 3 guns & 2 stolen cars. Nelson is jailed in lieu of $51,000 bond.
Once the victim answered the door, Christopher Sean Beach pushed his way into the apartment, grabbed the victim by the neck, and pushed him into the wall.
Eric Allen, charged with attempted murder, was identified via his Facebook profile.
Hermitage:- 4 arrested, 5 guns (2 stolen), marijuana, & money seized in Burning Tree drug bust.