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Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Yahoo
Nashville cops use phone, Instagram to make arrest in execution-style Antioch park killing
After video surveillance gave Nashville Police a suspect description, cellphone data and Instagram evidence led to the arrest of a 21-year-old man in connection with the execution-style killing of another person in a city park last year. Miguel Cruz-Lopez, 21, was booked into the Downtown Detention Center early Wednesday on charges of especially aggravated robbery and criminal homicide. Two Antioch residents were out for a walk at about 8 a.m. at William Pitts Park April 28 when they stumbled upon 36-year-old Francisco Almazan-Rojas dead of multiple gunshot wounds. Almazan-Rojas had been shot seven times, five of which were at close range, according to an arrest affidavit for Cruz-Lopez. The victim "was in a kneeling position on the ground" at the time of the shooting, according to the Medical Examiner's autopsy report. Investigtors collected several 9mm cartridge casings from the scene and several bullets from the victim's body. They all came from the same pistol, the affidavit said. Three days after Almazan-Rojas' body was found, his pickup truck, with his cellphone inside, was found abandoned on Luton Street in East Nashville. Police used video footage from East Nashville businesses to identify Cruz-Lopez. "After identifying, obtaining and analyzing data from his Instagram account, I discovered he possessed two different 9mm caliber firearms prior to and after the victim's murder," a detective wrote in the arrest affidavit. Cellphone records for Cruz-Lopez placed him at the park at the same time as the victim's phone. He also traveled the same path as the victim's cellphone from the park to where the truck was abandoned, according to the affidavit. Cruz-Lopez is being held at the jail without bond on the criminal homicide charge. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Cell phone, Instagram help Nashville cops make arrest in park killing
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Yahoo
Clarksville woman arrested after Georgia man found dead last year at Nashville park
An 18-year-old Clarksville woman is jailed in Nashville after police say she set up a robbery that led to the shooting death of a Georgia man late last year. Mohamed Keita, 23, of Riverdale, Georgia, was found dead in the driver's seat of his car, backed into a parking space in the lot at William Pitts Park on Dec. 1. Police belive Keita was shot the night before. Detectives found a jar of marijuana and a holstered pistol inside his car, police said in a statement shortly after the shooting. Police arrested the Clarksville woman, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, on an outstanding juvenile criminal homicide warrant, police said in a Thursday night statement. The Tennessean is not naming the woman as she is charged in juvenile court. During questioning, the woman admitted to "setting up and participating in a robbery which ultimately led to Keita's death," the police said. The woman is being held in the Downtown Detention Center pending a juvenile court hearing, police said. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Nashville Police: Clarksville woman charged months after park homicide
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Yahoo
Family of man killed in Nashville Halloween party shooting doubles reward for info
The family of a man killed in a shooting outside a Halloween party is offering a $5,000 reward, bringing the total elliglbe reward to $10,000, for information in the case. Joshua Burns, 29, was at a party on Terragon Trails Oct. 27 when he became the unintended target of a drive-by shooting at about 1:15 a.m., Nashville Police said in a statement. Burns suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken by private vehicle to Southern Hills Medical Center. He was ultimately transferred to Skyline Medical Center for treatment but died two days after the shooting, police said. Now, Burns' is family is doubling the reward money in the hopes that someone can come forward and help solve the case. Anyone with information or who attended the party is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463. Callers may be elligible for a cash reward through Crime Stoppers of up to $5,000. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Reward for info doubled in Nashville Halloween party fatal shooting
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Yahoo
Nashville Police arrest two after one killed, two injured in shooting outside hookah bar
Nashville police arrested two men after one man was killed and two others were injured in a Monday shooting as they left a Nolensville Pike hookah bar. Sadiq Al-Sahaf, 23, and 22-year-old Mohammed Al-Rabiey were each charged Tuesday evening with criminal homicide and three counts of attempted criminal homicide in connection with the shooting, Metro Nashville Police said in a statement on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. Ahmed Amran, 22, died just before 3 a.m. Monday after someone shot into his car as he left the hookah bar. As he tried to flee, Amran crashed the car into the front of a vape shop in a small strip mall in the 2600 block of Nolensville Pike, a block from the hookah bar. Two passengers were also injured. One, with a gunshot to the back, was taken from the scene to Vanderbilt University Medical Center by paramedics, Nashville Police said. The second was shot in the leg and was taken to Southern Hills Medical Center by private car before he was transferred to Vanderblt. A third passenger was uninjured in the shooting. Video footage showed Al-Sahaf following Amran from inside the hookah bar to their cars, according to his arrest affidavit. Video also showed Al-Rabiey then retrieve what police believe to be an AK-style firearm from Al-Sahaf's car. Al-Sahaf rushed Amran's car, and then gunfire began, the affidavit said. Amran fled in his car and both Al-Sahaf and Al-Rabiey got in the car and fled the scene as well, the court record said. Al-Sahaf and Al-Rabiey were being held without bond Wednesday in the Downtown Detention Center. This story was updated to add a video. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Nashville Police: Two charged after deadly hookah bar triple shooting
