Investigation underway after man in wheelchair found on fire, later dies in Midtown Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Homicide detectives and fire investigators are working to determine how a man in a wheelchair was burned to death early Thursday morning in the Midtown area.

According to officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department, a passerby observed a man in a wheelchair on fire on Church Street and 20th Avenue North around 2 a.m.

MNPD and emergency personnel with the Nashville Fire Department responded to the scene. Staff from nearby Ascension St. Thomas Hospital were also at the scene…

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