The Man Opened Fire On The Cops As They Were Investigating The Crime Scene
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The shooting occurred at the scene of an earlier, nonfatal shooting that did not involve police. Madison precinct officers responded to that shooting at Maple Street off Gallatin Pike around 2 a.m. and blocked off the scene. They were interviewing witnesses and collecting bullet casings a half hour later when, according to MNPD spokesperson Kris Mumford, a man walked under the crime scene tape and fired toward the officer It is not known whether the man killed was connected with the earlier shooting. A man injured in the earlier shooting was taken to Vanderbilt and was not providing any information, Mumford said.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will lead the investigation of the shooting by police under an agreement in place with the city since 2017. A short stretch of Maple Street was blocked off from Gallatin Pike to Brawner Avenue on Saturday morning. MNPD plans to release some body camera footage later Saturday along with the identities of the officers who fired their weapons.
Metro Nashville Community Oversight investigators also headed to the scene Saturday morning.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will lead the investigation of the shooting by police under an agreement in place with the city since 2017. A short stretch of Maple Street was blocked off from Gallatin Pike to Brawner Avenue on Saturday morning. MNPD plans to release some body camera footage later Saturday along with the identities of the officers who fired their weapons.
Metro Nashville Community Oversight investigators also headed to the scene Saturday morning.
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