Crime & Safety
Fugitive Killed Ex-Girlfriend's New Boyfriend: Nashville Police
Nashville police are searching for a 28-year-old who shot and killed his ex's new boyfriend Monday outside a South Nashville apartment.
NASHVILLE, TN — Pavan Voleti waited outside his ex-girlfriend's South Nashville apartment and waited for her and her new boyfriend to leave Monday afternoon, according to police, and when the 28-year-old saw his ex and William Thomas Lee III, 31, he approached them.
The woman and Lee sat in a car and they and Voleti began to argue. Then, according to detectives, Voleti fired a gun, hitting Lee who was in the passenger seat. Lee was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he died. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)
Voleti fled in a white BMW sedan which was later recovered near Lenox Village. Voleti, who police consider armed and dangerous, may have fled in a different getaway vehicle.
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Voleti is charged with criminal homicide. Anyone seeing Voleti or knowing his whereabouts is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.
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