Crime & Safety

Man Killed In Hadley Park Shooting

A 35-year-old man was shot in the back early Friday morning at a gas station on John A. Merritt Boulevard,

NASHVILLE, TN — A 35-year-old man died after he was shot in the back at a North Nashville gas station Friday morning.

Metro Police say the man was standing near the gas pumps at the Marathon station on John A. Merritt Boulevard when someone walked up and shot him once in the back around 2 a.m.

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The man was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and was able to describe the car — gray, and possibly a Lincoln — before he died.

The investigation is ongoing.

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