Nashville Police Officer Drowning: Woman Charged With Vehicular Homicide in Eric Mumaw's Death

NASHVILLE, TN — A warrant was issued Friday for the arrest of Juli Glisson, the woman who was behind the wheel of the car that pulled Officer Eric Mumaw into the Cumberland River early Thursday morning, ultimately leading to his death. Police allege Glisson, 40, was intoxicated at the time of the incident.

Mumaw, a highly decorated 18-year veteran of the Metro police force, and two other officers, Trent Craig and Nick Diamond, were talking to Glisson on the boat ramp at Peeler Park on Neely's Bend around 4:30 Thursday morning, after a family reported that she was drunk and suicidal. According to investigators, Craig reached into the car to keep Glisson from putting the car into gear. As Mumaw opened the driver's side door, police say Glisson shifted the car out of park, causing it to roll down the ramp. Mumaw and Diamond went with the car, lost their footing on the edge of the ramp and went into the Cumberland River.

Diamond lost his grip on Mumaw, who was pulled into deeper water. Craig ran from the shoreline into the water to try to save his colleague, but was unsuccessful. A Nashville Fire Department diver discovered Mumaw's body around 8:30 a.m.

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Glisson, who is on probation from an April 2016 DUI conviction, will be arrested when she is released from the hospital.

Mumaw's memorial service is set for noon Monday at Cornerstone Church on Old Hickory Boulevard in Madison. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m.

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