Man Arrested In 2 Downtown Nashville Stabbings

NASHVILLE, TN — Metro Police arrested a 50-year-old for two weekend stabbings in downtown Nashville.

Detectives say Bobby Moore, 50, admitted to stabbing another man three times near the intersection of Second Avenue and Broadway Sunday night. Moore is also suspected in a stabbing at Church Street and Rosa Parks Boulevard.

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Moore was stopped initially on Broadway, where he claimed he simply came across people arguing. During a search, police say they found a crack pipe in a cigarette pouch, but as he was being arrested for the drug paraphernalia, a stabbing call came in from Rosa Parks and Church, with a suspect matching Moore's description.

According to an affidavit, Moore said the man he stabbed at Rosa Parks called him a racial slur, but the victim said Moore spit on him as he walked by, so she shoved him and kept walking. Moore then stabbed the victim three times: on the left and ride side of his lower back and then in his forearm.

Police located the knife used in the stabbing was found after Moore was booked into jail.

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