Criminal Investigations Division detectives charge second man in March homicide

Criminal Investigations Division detectives charge second man in March homicide

Three months after a violent murder on S. University and Sevier Streets, a second man has been charged. Dimetrius Raymond Ford, 28, will be served warrants for first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder once he’s transferred to Rutherford County. Ford was arrested by federal agents in Detroit, Michigan in late March. He was transferred to…

Man arrested in 2020 homicide at a local apartment complex

Man arrested in 2020 homicide at a local apartment complex

Criminal Investigations Division detectives have solved a 2020 homicide with the arrest of a 19-year-old man. Rickey Leedarius Flowers, of Murfreesboro, was arrested June 15 on a sealed indictment from a Rutherford County Grand Jury. Flowers is charged with the first-degree murder of Jaylen Spears, 19, of Nashville. Spears was shot multiple times inside a…

TBI continues to investigate police-involved shooting in Murfreesboro, officer identified

TBI continues to investigate police-involved shooting in Murfreesboro, officer identified

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is still investigating the police-involved shooting of a man in Murfreesboro near W. Rutherford Blvd. on Sunday. The man is recovering in the hospital and is in stable condition. Officer Joshua Hinkle has been reassigned to administrative duties pending the outcome of the investigation. Hinkle joined MPD in December 2018. ORIGINAL…

Car Fire

Police searching for suspect(s) in shooting, car fire death

Detectives with the Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division are searching for the suspect(s) who shot a woman, causing her vehicle to wreck and burst into flames on Monday, May 31. Despite efforts from responding officers trying to save the woman from the burning vehicle, she died. Officers responded to reports of a vehicle engulfed…

Sheriff’s office investigates interstate shootings

Sheriff’s office investigates interstate shootings

One driver escaped injury when another motorist fired a handgun into his car Friday on Interstate 24, Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies said. In unrelated cases, another driver reported someone shot out her driver’s side window in a shooting Saturday on Interstate 840 and a commercial tractor-trailer driver reported another driver pointed a handgun at him…

Chadwick Drive

Drive by shooting in Blackman Community

One homeowner suffered injuries during a drive-by shooting Tuesday in the Blackman community near Murfreesboro, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s captain said. The 63-year-old man is being treated for his injuries at a hospital, said Detective Capt. Britt Reed. His injuries are believed to be non-life threatening. He heard several shots fired into his Chadwick Drive…

Suspect arrested in Friday night shooting, another possible suspect on the run

Suspect arrested in Friday night shooting, another possible suspect on the run

A man was charged with killing a Murfreesboro man and endangering the lives of other people while trying to flee police Friday night, a Murfreesboro Police detective said. Shooting victim Carlos Vazquez, 26, of Murfreesboro, was shot multiple times at the corner of Sevier Street and University Street around 6:17 p.m. Friday, said Detective Sgt….