NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Police found two people dead at a North Nashville home Saturday in what investigators say was an apparent murder-suicide. According to the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD), officers were sent to the 4000 block of Cato Road just before 2 a.m. on Saturday, June 29 after receiving reports that a man […]
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Block Mayor O’Connell’s transit plan? It may be only way to secure much-needed MNPD reform
When News Channel 5 investigative reporter Phil Williams posted the photo of the burning cross on his social media account on Saturday, it went predictably viral. “This is a photo of an actual cross burning here in Tennessee,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Monday on @NC5 at 6 PM, I’ll have the disturbing results […]
MNPD using precision policing to stop organized retail crime in West Precinct
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – West Nashville is home to some of the biggest malls in Music City. If you couple that with some of the city’s busiest thoroughfares, you find a prime area for retail theft. “West Precinct is one the larger geographical precincts as far as total land. We have about 108 square miles. […]
MNPD Aviation Unit helps make over 150 arrests
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – It’s an extra set of eyes helping the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) track down criminals from a different perspective. For 21 minutes, at 2,000 feet in the air, they had one goal: tracking down suspects in a white car. “Once we get eyes on a bad guy, they’re generally not […]
MNPD arrest ‘Most Wanted’ suspect on several outstanding warrants, recover 2 guns
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A convicted felon from Sumner County wanted for numerous crimes in Nashville was arrested on 13 outstanding warrants. The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) said officers found 24-year-old Aury Newsom at a home on Buchanan Street on Wednesday, April 3, and took him into custody. Officers also recovered two guns from […]
MNPD creates specialized team to investigate car thefts
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – We see the videos time and time and time again. Thieves break into cars and check car door handles before trying to take off with someone else’s vehicle. “It’s like a dot on the map. They’ll just pick a neighborhood and they’ll roll through it,” explained Lt. Brandon Tennant with the […]