Crime & Safety

South Nashville Man Answers Knock, Gets Shot: Police

Metro Police continue to search for a man who knocked on the door at a South Nashville apartment and shot the man who answered.

NASHVILLE, TN -- A man was shot in the stomach when he answered the door at a South Nashville condo early Sunday.

Police were called to the Davenport Condominiums at 6 a.m. Sunday where a woman said she and her ex-boyfriend were inside when there was a knock at the door. When the man answered, the person on the other side shot him in the stomach.

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Police found the condo's back door open and followed some footprints leading out of the back of the unit, bringing in K-9 units to assist with the search.

No other information was immediately available.

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