NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A man was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly attacked a man with a deadly weapon in downtown Nashville.
On Sunday, Metro Nashville Police Department officers responded to the Exxon gas station on Broadway where a man reported he was assaulted by a person wearing brass knuckles. The victim was bleeding from a cut on his jaw, reports said.
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The victim told officers he was approached by a man he did not recognize, so he tried to walk away. That’s when he got punched, he said.
The suspect gave officers a description of the man, whom they found in an alleyway nearby.
The suspect, 42-year-old Matthew Moore, was found to have brass knuckles and a knife in his pocket. He reportedly admitted to officers that he confronted the victim and had only punched him after the victim shoved him while walking away.
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Moore told officers he confronted the man because he heard rumors he was exposing himself to children, reports said.