Crime & Safety
Nashville Man Kneecapped In Early Morning Robbery Bid
A man told police a man tried to rob him and then shot him in the knee on Lafayette late Tuesday.
NASHVILLE, TN — A man told police he was shot in the knee during an armed robbery while walking along Lafayette Street late Tuesday night.
The man told police he was walking from the Z Mart to the J.C. Napier Homes when a man tried to rob him. The victim ran away and the would-be robber fired a gun, hitting him in the leg. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)
The victim is hospitalized at General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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He described the shooter as a 5'10" black men with dreadlocks wearing a black shirt and black pants.
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