Police identify man shot and killed outside Lewis Street market
Surveillance video shows the suspect walk up to the victim’s truck and fire several rounds into it.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Metro Police said a 24-year-old man has been charged with criminal homicide after a shooting outside a market on Lewis Street on Monday morning.
Police said Taishaun Jackson is charged in the fatal shooting of 54-year-old Lawrence Edwards. Police reviewed surveillance video that showed the suspect walk toward Edwards’ pickup truck and fire several rounds, striking Edwards. Edwards was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he died.
Witnesses told police Jackson was wearing distinctive clothing and carrying a grey backpack. He was found within minutes after the shooting. As he fled the scene, he was seen throwing an object over a fence. Officers recovered a gun in a tree from inside the fenced area.
Detectives said Jackson claimed to have amnesia when they attempted to interview him. Jackson is being held on $100,000 bond.
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