- City
- Nashville
- County
- Davidson County
- State
- TN
- Location
- Fred D. Thompson Federal Building and Courthouse, 719 Church Street
- Category
- Courthouse security incident
- Severity
- high
- Priority
- high
- Occurred On
- 2026-10-08 14:30:00 UTC
- Published On
- 2026-10-08 14:42:00 UTC
- Source Records
- 1
- Source
- TBI identifies man fatally shot by security after pulling out gun at Nashville courthouse. Here's what we know
Summary
Authorities said a man attempted to fire a pistol at the courthouse security checkpoint, then produced a knife and charged a contracted security officer, who fatally shot him. The adjacent library was evacuated and TBI took the lead investigation.
Verification
- Occurrence Confidence
- exact
- Publication Confidence
- exact
- Verification Status
- Validated
- Source Role
- Local television live report citing TBI, Metro Police and U.S. Marshals Service