CRIME & SAFETY

Nashville, Tenn. (WZTV) — Metro Nashville Police say that a 72-year-old church usher was attacked Sunday morning at Cornerstone Church on Old Hickory Boulevard. The usher was in the parking lot of the church around 6:45 a.m. and headed toward the church. MNPD says that the usher reported a stranger ran up to him, said nothing, then began to hit him in the head with a pistol. The man fought back against the stranger and they dropped the gun. The usher took the opportunity to pick the gun from the ground and toss it into his car to keep it from the stranger.

A Madison church usher is recovering after being attacked early Sunday morning. It happened at Cornerstone Church on Old Hickory Boulevard.

Metro police are investigating a shooting that left one man injured early Monday morning in Antioch.

ANTIOCH, Tenn. (WSMV) - A shooting investigation is underway after a man was shot in the early morning hours on Monday in Antioch. According to Metro Nashville Police, officers responded to a shooting on Billingsgate Road and Franklin Limestone Road around 4:30 a.m. on Monday. Police said one person was...

A man was injured after he was struck by a vehicle while attempting to change a tire overnight on Interstate 40.

On Sunday night, authorities launched an investigation into a shooting incident that happened in Mt. Juliet. Shooting reported inside Mt. Juliet home, police …. On Sunday night, authorities launched an investigation into a shooting incident that happened in Mt. Juliet. Man injured in Antioch shooting. Metro police are investigating a...

Emergency crews are on Percy Priest Lake have recovered the body of a swimmer who was last seen near the Cook Public Use Area.

The crash happened in the eastbound lanes near mile marker 35 around 5:30 a.m.

Metro police are investigating a shooting that left one man injured early Monday morning in Antioch. Metro police are investigating a shooting that left one man injured early Monday morning in Antioch. Driver tries to flee from rollover crash on I-24 Driver tries to flee from rollover crash on I-24.

A 37-year-old Florida man is dead as a Nashville detective recovers from a gunshot wound after allegedly being shot by the armed car burglary suspect. The post Florida man breaking into cars killed by police after shooting Nashville cop first appeared on Law & Crime.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Clarksville Police Department is investigating after a woman with gunshot wounds was found in a car that had crashed into a dumpster. Officials got a call about a shooting on Sunday afternoon around 1:15 p.m. at 1249 Parkway Place. When officers arrived, they found a...

Gunmen fired more than 20 rounds into a car, killing a 4-year-old girl and grazing her 2-year-old brother in the head in a "non-random, targeted shooting." The post ‘Pure act of evil’: Gunmen fire more than 20 rounds into car, killing 4-year-old girl, grazing her 2-year-old brother in head: Police first appeared on Law & Crime.

A woman was flown to a Nashville hospital Saturday afternoon after jumping from a moving vehicle on I-24 in Christian County. WKDZ reports that according to Christian County Sheriff's deputies, a man picked up the woman in Paducah and was giving her a ride to Clarksville, when she jumped from the vehicle.

It has been nearly a week since a tragic incident took the life of a 36-year-old woman from Brentwood.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - One person is dead, and five others are injured following an overnight crash on Interstate 24, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department. Police said the crash involved two vehicles, and it was reported just after 3 a.m. at mile marker 38. All eastbound lanes shut down as a result of the crash, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Metro Police say a citizen's tip helped police arrest a third suspect accused in a 2022 murder. Ameer Ledall Green, 52, was shot and killed in February 2022 on North Natchez Court. Investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a money dispute. According to MNPD, the...

A suspect on Metro Nashville Police Department's "Most Wanted" list for a 2022 murder, 28-year-old Jamion Wynn, was arrested Thursday night at the same residence where the shooting took place.

Just over a week after a beloved musician and school staff member was shot and killed in Bellevue, neighbors and loved ones are putting out a plea for information.

A 16-year-old driver rear-ended another vehicle on I-24 East near Lickton Pike early Saturday morning. The crash left one dead and five people injured.

The shooting happened around 5:30 a.m. in the 200 block of Sealy Drive.