NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Members of the East Nashville community are concerned after at least three violent crimes happened within a half-mile of each other over the course of 48 hours.
The most recent incident happened in the 400 block of Fatherland Street, where the Metro Nashville Police Department was dispatched shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21 for a stabbing. There were also two shootings — one reported around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday and another called in just after 11 p.m. on Monday, May 19 — just a few blocks away on South 5th Street.
“That’s alarming. I mean, it’s usually a pretty quiet neighborhood, but we are close to downtown. I know that sometimes different elements impact us being so close to the core of the city, but hopefully we can investigate what led to those things and provide more supports around safety and keeping people connected to share information,” said East Nashville resident Peter Martina, who’s lived in the neighborhood for 21 years.
1 dead after stabbing on Fatherland Street in East Nashville
Authorities said they found a man dead with a stab wound to the back and his throat cut inside an apartment at the Fatherland Flats apartment complex Wednesday evening. There was also a blood trail from the apartment, through the courtyard, and into a community laundry room, as well as a bloody kitchen knife and what appeared to be bloody bedding in the laundry room…