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In 2009 and 2010, Tennessee had the highest rate of violent gun crime of any US state, although less than that of Washington D.C. Tennessee ranked highest in the nation for the rate of aggravated assaults with a firearm, and ranked fifth-worst in robberies. [1] In 2014, 240,295 crimes were reported, including 371 murders. [2]
On April 17 and April 27, 2019, eight bodies were discovered at multiple locations in Sumner County, Tennessee. [1] The sole survivor, left in critical condition, died in 2022 due to major health problems after the injuries.
It includes mass shootings that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Mass shootings in Tennessee" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Kevin Hughes, 23, the chart director for Cash Box magazine, was shot to death on March 9, 1989, after coming out of a recording studio. The murder is known as "Murder on Music Row."
The second woman, Christa Pike, who was convicted in 1996 for having tortured to death a fellow Job Corps dormitory resident, remains on death row. In 2023, Tennessee was debating about using firing squad. [10] [11] In 2024, Tennessee saw moves to allow the death penalty for defendants convicted of child rape. [12]
Christa Pike, the only woman on death row in Tennessee, was recently featured on an episode of Investigation Discovery's TV series "Mean Girl Murders.". Pike, 48, was convicted of murder for the ...
Time on death row Other; John Allen: Murder of his wife's cousin, Ame Deal. 7 years, 30 days On July 12, 2011, police officers were called to ten-year-old Ame Deal's home, where she was found dead in a small foot locker, having suffocated. Ame lived with a number of relatives, including her aunt and legal guardian, Cynthia Stoltzmann.
A Tennessee death row inmate is challenging the newly expanded authority of the appointed state attorney general to argue certain capital cases, a power that lawmakers shifted away from locally ...