Man Shot, Killed In Nashville Police Shooting

NASHVILLE, TN — A man was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with Metro Nasvhille police Friday night, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

The TBI said in a statement that Nashville police responded to a shots fired call around 10:30 p.m. at an apartment complex in the area of 2400 Buena Vista Pike. Officers saw a subject who matched the description of the suspect in the shots fired call and also of a suspect in a reported pistol-whipping incident earlier in the night. According to the TBI, the same man is believed to the suspect in a stranger sexual assault that happened in the same neighborhood prior to the shooting.

The man apparently ran into an apartment and officers approached the door to make contact with him and check on the welfare of those inside, the TBI said. The situation then escalated for reasons the TBI says are still under investigation and there was an exchange of gunfire between cops and the suspect.

Three officers fired their weapons during the shooting. One of the officers was struck in the leg and injured while the suspect died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was identified as 31-year-old Sershawn Martez Dillon.

The Metro Nashville Police Department identified two officers who fired their weapons as Detective Zachary Ronan, a 4-year department veteran and Officer John Petriello, who has been with the department for a year. The department said the officer who was struck in the leg was Samuel Galluzzi, 24. According to MNPD, Galluzzi is out of surgery after being shot in the thigh and ankle.

TBI agents are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

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