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☆ Nashville I-40: Small plane crash leaves several dead and forces highway closure
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Joe Sutton | Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

But the pilot soon told air traffic control that they wouldn’t make it to the tarmac. Audio from the website LiveATC.net captured the communication between the pilot and the air traffic controller before the fatal crash. The aircraft exploded into flames upon impact, Nashville Fire Department spokesperson Kendra Loney said. Police have yet to publicly identify the victims and are still working to determine where the plane originated from. Approximate location of a plane crash along Interstate 40 East on Monday night.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The estranged son of Nashville’s police chief, who was wanted in the shooting of two police officers outside a Dollar General store, has been found dead, authorities said. Officers spotted the car a short time later and followed it to the Edgehill area south of downtown, where it crashed. Drake fled to a shed behind a home and when officers surrounded the area, a gunshot was heard, Aaron said. The TBI had put Drake on its most wanted list with a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to his arrest. Chief Drake issued a statement Saturday confirming his son was the suspect in the shooting.

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☆ Former Christian school student kills 3 children, 3 staff in Nashville shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Sandra Stojanovic | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

He said the Covenant School was singled out for attack but that the individual victims were targeted at random. [1/5] A still image from surveillance video shows what the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department describe as mass shooting suspect Audrey Elizabeth Hale, 28, entering The Covenant School carrying weapons in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. March 27, 2023. Also shot dead were staffers Mike Hill, 61, a school custodian, Cynthia Peak, 61, a substitute teacher, and Katherine Koonce, 60, listed on the Covenant website as "head of school." "We have to do more to stop gun violence," Biden said at the White House. Monday's violence in Nashville marked the 90th school shooting – defined as any incident in which a gun is discharged on school property – in the U.S. so far this year, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database, a website founded by researcher David Riedman.

☆ Footage shows police killing Nashville school shooter as investigators seek motive
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Sandra Stojanovic | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department began receiving calls about a shooter at 10:13 a.m., police spokesperson Don Aaron told reporters. Investigators were examining a "manifesto" written by the 28-year-old former student at the Covenant School, hoping to learn what motivated the latest U.S. mass shooting. Monday's violence marked the 90th school shooting – defined as any incident in which a gun is discharged on school property – in the United States this year, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database, a website founded by researcher David Riedman. He said the Covenant School was singled out for attack but that the individual victims were targeted at random. Also shot dead were Mike Hill, 61, a school custodian; Cynthia Peak, 61, a substitute teacher; and Katherine Koonce, 60, listed on the Covenant website as "head of school."

☆ Three children, 3 adults shot dead by ex-student at Tennessee Christian school
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Kevin Wurm | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 27 (Reuters) - A heavily armed 28-year-old fatally shot three children and three adult staffers on Monday at a private Christian school the suspect once attended in Tennessee's capital city before police killed the assailant, authorities said. Drake said the school was singled out for attack but the individual victims were targeted at random. [1/6] Students from The Covenant School hold hands after getting off a bus to meet their parents at the reunification site following a mass shooting at the school in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., March 27, 2023. Reacting in Washington to the latest school shooting, U.S. President Joe Biden urged the U.S. Congress again to pass tougher gun reform legislation. Nashville Mayor John Cooper expressed sympathy for the victims and wrote on social media that his city "joined the dreaded, long list of communities to experience a school shooting."

☆ Grammy winner is fatally shot by police after allegedly holding his wife and stepdaughter at gunpoint
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Grammy-winning sound engineer accused of kidnapping and threatening his wife and stepdaughter at gunpoint in Tennessee was fatally shot by police, authorities said. A Metro Nashville Police officer killed Mark Capps, 54, during an encounter Thursday at the man’s home in the Hermitage neighborhood, agency spokesman Don Aaron said. Officers had gone to the home to arrest Capps on warrants charging him with two counts each of aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping, Aaron said. via WSMVHis 60-year-old wife and 23-year-old stepdaughter told police he had held them in the home at gunpoint early Thursday, police said. Capps’ website says he is a multi-platinum Grammy award-winning engineer/mixer/producer.

☆ Explozie puternică în centrul orașului american Nashville, în ziua de Crăciun
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-25 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

O mașină a explodat în centrul orașului Nashville din SUA, în dimineața de Crăciun. Explozia s-a produs în nordul zonei centrale a oraşului, în apropiere de turnul AT&T, o clădire emblematică din capitala muzicii country şi supranumit „Batman Tower” din cauza formei sale. Trei oameni au fost răniți în momentul deflagrației, care a distrus parțial o clădire și a pulverizat geamurile altor imobile din zonă. „Explozia a fost puternică. Credem că explozia a fost un act intenţionat”, a spus purtătorul de cuvânt al poliţiei din Nashville, Don Aaron.

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„Explozia a fost puternică (...) Poliţia locală şi poliţia federală au deschis o amplă anchetă", a declarat purtătorul de cuvânt al poliţiei din Nashville, Don Aaron. „Credem că explozia a fost un act intenţionat", a adăugat el. Faţadele mai multor clădiri din apropiere au fost distruse de explozie, care aparent a provenit de la un vehicul. Deflagraţia a fost resimţită pe o distanţă de câţiva kilometri. Întregul cartier a fost înconjurat de forţe de ordine.

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