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Investigation underway after fatal stabbing on Cherokee Avenue

Investigation underway after fatal stabbing on Cherokee Avenue

Nashville, Tenn. (WTVF) – Metro Police are investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred in the 800 block of Cherokee Avenue just before noon Saturday.

Police say the body of a 30-year-old man was found by a passerby on the road. Officials are working to inform the victim’s family.

Before officers were dispatched to Cherokee Avenue yesterday, they responded to a report of a white SUV with blood on the exterior surface at a self-storage facility in the 1800 block of Gallatin Avenue.

Police were able to link the SUV to the stabbing victim. A preliminary investigation suggests the victim was killed on Cherokee Avenue after an unknown person drove the SUV into a self-storage parking lot.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.


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