Tennessee News

Local law enforcement shares praise for Nashville response

MARTIN, Tenn. -- Local law enforcement shared their reaction to newly released body cam footage from the Nashville shooting. This image provided by Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shows bodycam footage of police responding to an active…

Video shows Nashville police search school, fire at shooter

*SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING - VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville police have released video from a body-worn camera that shows a team of officers entering and searching an elementary school where three children and three adults were…

What we know about the Nashville school shooting

SEE ALSO: Police release video of deadly Nashville shooting NASHVILLE (AP) — Six people were killed at a small, private Christian school just south of downtown Nashville on Monday after a shooter opened fire inside the building containing about 200 students, police…

Police release video of deadly Nashville shooting

SEE ALSO: Video shows Nashville police search school, fire at shooter NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Monday night, Metro Nashville Police released footage of the shooting at a private Christian school. Video shows…

Shooter ID'd in Nashville private school shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Nashville Metro Police Department has released several new details regarding a shooting at a private Christian school. This photo provided by the Metro Nashville Police Department shows officers at an active shooter…

Prosecutors seeking death penalty in Memphis shooting rampage

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty if a Tennessee man is convicted of first-degree murder in a daylong shooting rampage in Memphis that left three people dead and three others wounded. The announcement by Shelby County…

3 children, suspect dead after shooting at Nashville private school

UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police: Nashville school shooter had detailed maps of school, entered building by shooting through door before killings. UPDATE: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police believe 28-year-old female suspect in Nashville shooting was former student…

Freeway crash kills 6 youths thrown from car in Tennessee

PLEASANT VIEW, Tenn. (AP) — A car crash killed six young people, including a 1-year-old infant, after they were ejected from their vehicle early Sunday on a freeway in middle Tennessee, authorities said. Two adults were injured, one of them…

4 ex-cops charged in Tyre Nichols' death barred from police

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four of five former Memphis police officers charged in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who was handcuffed, brutally beaten and ignored by first responders for crucial minutes despite being barely conscious, can no longer…

Legislation seeks to bring term limits to Congress

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The State House passed legislation that calls for a convention of the states. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., finishes the vote to approve the Inflation Reduction Act in the House chamber at…