Two Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers and a Mt. A still from body camera video released by Nashville police show officers surrounding a man later identified as Landon Eastep on I-65 on January 27, 2022. The five others placed on routine administrative assignment were identified by Drake as Officer Justin Pinkelton, a 25-year veteran Officer Sean Williams, a 17-year veteran Officer Edin Plancic, a 6-year veteran Officer James Kidd, who joined the department last February and Sergeant Steven Carrick, an 8-year veteran. According to Drake, he fired the last two shots at Eastep.
Officer Brian Murphy, a 25-year veteran of the department, lost his police authority pending a review of the shooting. Drake said nine law enforcement officials, including a sergeant, fired at 37-year-old Landon Eastep. Bowlin was killed on his 2-month wedding anniversary.Five members of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department were placed on administrative assignment and a sixth has been decommissioned after the fatal Tuesday shooting of a man on the side of a highway, Police Chief John Drake announced Friday.
He was survived by his wife, mother, and father, who was head of the Metro Intelligence Division. Officer Bowlin had been with the agency for just under five years. His last prison mug shot was posted in 2003 and he was paroled at some point after that. A 22-year-old fatally shot a Nashville police officer and then. NASHVILLE, TN A Metro Nashville police officer was shot in an ambush while responding to a set up call falsely reporting an active shooter at a home in South Nashville. Police believe the 911 caller was the suspect himself, saying there was a shooting at the location, and that a woman had been shot. Metro officer shot, nearly murdered in ambush at home: ‘This was a ruse to get police to the house’.
NASHVILLE OFFICER AMBUSHED UPDATE
The 54-year-old suspect was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life. 29th 2020 9:39 am PT Vendors can opt to restrict select camera APIs and features on that specific Police release body cam footage of I-95 shooting death. UPDATE TO EARLIER STORY BELOW: Nashville Police say an officer was ambushed after a 911 call that lured police to the location. As he walked towards the car he was shot in the head by a suspect who was hiding in nearby bushes. The suspect fled the house with a high-powered weapon and stood at one corner of the building as the officers approached.Īfter not receiving a response at the door the other two officers walked around back and Officer Bowling began to return to his cruiser. The Henry County Sheriffs Department will be hosting a fundraiser for the family of Nashville police officer John Anderson, who was killed in the line of. The domestic argument stemmed from a court judgement earlier in the day when the suspect was ordered to give his ex-girlfriend and former lawn care business partner, two lawnmowers and a car. Officer Brian Sherman was shot in the upper left arm as he and other officers responded to a 'setup call' amid reports of a woman shot inside a home in the 7000 block of Sugarloaf Drive just after. Based on eye-witness accounts, the Defendant was deemed a suspect and a warrant was. He and two other officers had responded to the call after reports of shots fired and attempted to make contact with the residents of the home. 2- of the vehicle, victims Cayra Caruth and Monte Campbell, were killed. Officer Bowlin was shot and killed when he was ambushed at the scene of a domestic dispute call at 1213 Litton Avenue.