Crime & Safety
Police Seek Man In East Nashville Murder
Metro Police have identified a suspect in the shooting death of 39-year-old Horace Whitley.
NASHVILLE, TN -- Metro Police are searching for a 40-year-old man in connection with the shooting death of Horace Whitley near the James Cayce Homes Tuesday.
The body of Whitley, 39, was found in a treeline near the Martha O'Bryan Center around 12:30 Tuesday afternoon, an hour after a shots-fired call was made to 911.
Investigators suspect Shanon Pleasant, 40, last known to be living on Joseph Avenue, as Whitley's killer.
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Pleasant is considered armed and dangerous.
Whitley's cousin told NewsChannel 5 that he was "set up" and drawn to the bushes to be killed.
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