Active Leads Being Worked In Murder Of Cleveland Shaw Jr. On Clarksville Pike

From the City of Nashville:

April 8, 2021

Homicide Unit detectives are pursuing active leads in Wednesday night’s murder of Cleveland Shaw Jr., 29, who was fatally shot while driving a Polaris Slingshot (three-wheeled motorcycle) on the Clarksville Pike bridge over the Cumberland River. An 18-year-old man riding in the passenger seat was wounded and has non-life threatening injuries.

The investigation to this point shows that Shaw and the 18-year-old were among several individuals who were together in a parking lot of Cumberland View public housing. Shaw drove the Slingshot out of the parking lot at 11:41 p.m. with the 18-year-old as his passenger. Shots were fired at them from a car as they were on the bridge. Two guns were recovered from the driver seat of the Slingshot.

A car from which the shots are believed to have been fired was recovered this morning from a church parking lot on Buena Vista Pike.

Anyone with information on the person(s) involved in this fatal shooting can contact Nashville Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463. Callers to Crime Stoppers can remain anonymous and qualify for a cash reward.

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