Crime & Safety
Good Samaritan Finds Shot Man In South Nashville
A man was found by a passerby shot in the stomach near J.C. Napier Homes early Wednesday morning, but he's not cooperating with police.
NASHVILLE, TN — A passerby found a man shot in the stomach at the corner of Lafayette and Claiborne south of downtown in the wee hours of Wednesday morning and Metro Police are having a bear of a time trying to determine what happened, as the victim is not cooperating.
Around 3:45 a.m. Wednesday, a Good Samaritan stopped at the intersection near the J.C. Napier Homes because a man was flagging him down with one hand and clinching his belly with the other. The victim was driven to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with serious injuries.
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Police say the bullet went through the man, entering and exiting his abdomen.
The victim is not cooperating with the investigation, according to police, and they are working to determine where and why he was shot.
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