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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 12:30 PM Apr 2021

'No officer wants to deal with this type of situation', 1 killed in officer-involved shooting in Nas

https://wreg.com/news/no-officer-wants-to-deal-with-this-type-of-situation-1-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-bordeaux/

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A man was shot to death by a Metro Nashville Police Department officer after investigators said he charged at the officer with two butcher knives.

The incident was reported in the 3200 block of Clarksville Pike at Summit Avenue around midnight Saturday morning.

Metro police held a press conference at MNPD headquarters Saturday morning. Don Aaron, a spokesperson for the Metro Nashville Police Department said an unidentified man died after arriving at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

The video below is graphic and is the extent of video played during the news conference. We do want to warn viewers it is graphic content:

More at link, including video.
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