Tag: self defense

Wontez Graham brutally assaults ex-lover in downtown Nashville parking garage

Jason Steen

29-year-old Wontez Graham brutally assaulted his former lover, Abagail Collier, in the parking garage on 1200 Broadway just before 4 a.m. Monday, causing her to be hospitalized with serious injuries. Although their relationship had ended, the two still maintain a few properties they use as short-term rentals. She arrived at this one to stay the night, believing it was empty and Wontez was out of town. She says as she entered the unit, he immediately pulled her inside and punched her in the face. As she escaped to the elevator, he followed her to the parking garage, where security footage showed him strangling her approximately five times and shoving her to the ground. He then brutally kicks her in the body and face multiple times.

Wontez Graham shot and killed a man in 2020 in another downtown apartment parking garage in what was determined to be self-defense.

Unprovoked drunk knocks man unconscious; claims he needed to “defend” himself

Drew Burnett

28-year-old Logan Pierce was charged with public intoxication and aggravated assault resulting in serious bodily injury after he knocked a man unconscious because he thought the victim “moved at him aggressively.”

Tru Booker claims self-defense in the killing of Markus Cantrell; no drugs, guns, or cash found at scene.

Jason Steen

Tru Booker, 28, tells MNPD he was selling drugs to Markus Cantrell, 28, Monday night, when the deal turned into an attempted robbery. Booker shot and killed Cantrell, and is claiming self-defense. No charges have been filed at this time. No drugs, guns, or cash were at the scene when MNPD arrived.

I-65 road rage shooter claims self-defense – no charges filed. DA reviewing case.

Jason Steen

Eric Nichols, 28, shot and killed a man on I-65 South Friday afternoon during a roadside scuffle stemming from a road rage incident. He says his pistol fell from his waistband during the fight, both men went for it, and eventually he shot and killed Christopher Jankowski, a 53-year-old truck driver.