Alleged drunken man charged with seriously injuring man in downtown Nashville over holiday weekend

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Officers arrested a seemingly intoxicated man after he allegedly “slammed” another man to the ground over the Labor Day Weekend in downtown Nashville.

According to an arrest affidavit from the Metro Nashville Police Department, officers responded to 3rd Avenue South, across from the entrance to the pedestrian bridge, on Sunday and found a man with a severely injured arm at the scene.

Witnesses and the injured man told the officers that 25-year-old Yander Joaquin had been “harassing” some women who were waiting for their food. The victim attempted to intervene and Joaquin slammed him to the ground, fracturing the man’s left arm, the affidavit states…

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