Bodycam Footage Shows Moment Metro Nashville Police Officer Fatally Shoots Man Armed with Sword

Nashville police chief decommissions officer who fatally shot sword-wielding suspect as TBI investigates

The directive comes after a preliminary review of the police shooting on Cheshire Drive, MNPD said in a release.

Former police chief weighs in on MNPD officer shooting, killing man with sword

A relative called 911 Saturday about a man to report he was armed with a sword and posing a danger to others. A responding member of the Metro Nashville Police Department later shot and killed the man, sparking an investigation into the incident.

BWC: Tenn. SWAT officer shoots man wielding sword, holding woman against her will

Nashville officers first came in contact with the man when he threatened to kill a gas station clerk; they negotiated with him for more than an hour before the fatal shots were fired

Bodycam footage shows moment Metro Nashville Police officer fatally shoots man armed with sword

Metro Nashville Police released body camera footage showing the moment 12-year MNPD veteran officer Joshua Baney shot and killed 54-year-old Jason William Sexton outside his car on Cheshire Drive around 11:25 a.m.

'The sword is sheathed. It's not being waved': Brother of man fatally shot by Metro police

Brother of man holding sword who was fatally shot by metro police Saturday, questions use-of-force protocol.

Fatal Nashville police shooting happened before mental health team arrived