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Nashville Police Release Video of Officer Fatally Shooting Man on Hermitage Avenue

Police say a gunman who refused repeated commands to drop the pistol he was carrying was fatally wounded when he suddenly rushed an MNPD sergeant.

Nashville police released video of a fatal Officer-Involved Shooting on Hermitage Avenue at Lea Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee.

Nashville Police Release Video of Officer Fatally Shooting Man on Hermitage Avenue. Credit MNPD

A gunman who refused repeated commands to drop the pistol he was carrying was fatally wounded when he suddenly rushed an MNPD sergeant.

On June 9, 2025, at 8:44 a.m., a caller to 911 reported seeing a man walking on Driftwood Street near Hermitage Avenue, carrying a gun in his hand. The caller said the man looked distraught and did not look well. Sergeant Robert Weaver, a 27-year Metro Police veteran and the community coordinator for the Hermitage Precinct heard the dispatch and spotted the gunman as he walked on Hermitage Avenue, toward the downtown core. Sergeant Weaver followed the armed man, repeatedly ordering the suspect to put the gun down. Sergeant Weaver exits his vehicle, continuing to order the man to put the weapon down, but the suspect charged at the officer. That’s when Weaver fired three shots, striking the suspect. The man was rushed to a local hospital where he died. He carried no identification and his fingerprints will be run through databases in the effort to identify him.

La policía de Nashville publicó un video de un tiroteo fatal con un agente involucrado en la avenida Hermitage y la avenida Lea en Nashville, Tennessee.

Un hombre armado que se negó a las repetidas órdenes de soltar la pistola que portaba resultó herido de muerte al abalanzarse repentinamente sobre un sargento del Departamento de Policía Metropolitana de Nashville (MNPD).

El 9 de junio de 2025, a las 8:44 a. m., una persona que llamó al 911 informó haber visto a un hombre caminando por la calle Driftwood, cerca de la avenida Hermitage, con una pistola en la mano. La persona que llamó dijo que el hombre parecía angustiado y no se encontraba bien. El sargento Robert Weaver, veterano de 27 años de la Policía Metropolitana y coordinador comunitario de la comisaría de Hermitage, escuchó la llamada y vio al pistolero mientras caminaba por la avenida Hermitage, hacia el centro de la ciudad. El sargento Weaver siguió al hombre armado, ordenándole repetidamente que bajara el arma. El sargento Weaver salió de su vehículo y continuó ordenándole al hombre que bajara el arma, pero el sospechoso cargó contra el agente. Fue entonces cuando Weaver disparó tres veces, alcanzando al sospechoso. El hombre fue trasladado de urgencia a un hospital local, donde falleció. No llevaba identificación y sus huellas dactilares se analizarán en bases de datos para intentar identificarlo.

Source: Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

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