I'm Brooke Reese with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. This is a critical incident briefing concerning the fatal shooting of a man by an MNPD officer after the man fired multiple shots from the woods and a woodline off of Old Hickory Boulevard West in Madison early Thursday morning. Two concerned citizens saw an abandoned Chevrolet Impala with its doors open parked in the right traffic lane of Old Hickory Boulevard at 2:37 a.m. They stopped to see what was wrong when they heard shots coming from the woods. 911, what's the address of your emergency? Uh Old Hickory Boulevard about a quarter mile from uh Dickerson Pike. Suspicious vehicle blocking the road, all the doors open, no people around on it. So stop right beside it. They might be bunch of guns or something. Pull over there. We almost hit it. It's on the side of the semi truck, but Just pull over on the side of the road over here. Stop. Okay, Old Hickory Boulevard and Dickerson Pike? Yeah, coming from Old coming from the exit of 65 uh to Old Hickory going toward the Shells at Dickerson and Old Hickory. Uh probably about a quarter mile from the red light by Cedar Hill Park. Do uh yes, ma'am. What's your name? Did you see what kind of vehicle it was? Looked like a Chevy Impala, silver. You said nobody inside the vehicle? Uh the vehicle's empty, all the doors is popped, and nobody's around. So I don't know if somebody's hurt, somebody might have crawled off, ran off or not, but that's why I gave you a call. 911, what's the address of your emergency? Um I'm on um Old Hickory Boulevard right next to Cedar Hill Park and there's like a car with all the doors open and it looks like it's still running with the headlights on and I heard gunshots and my windows down and I heard gunshots like right before I saw the car. Okay, I'm 911. What's the address of the emergency? Uh, I just got a call and when I Uh, it was at quarter mile beside Cedar Hill Park, Dickerson and Old Hickory. Uh, I just reported about a a suspicious vehicle with an like black in the middle short out of doors but but I was calling about to let you know I just heard gunshots in the woods. So, they need to try to step up on sending that police out there. Okay, at the same location of Old Hickory Boulevard and Dickerson Pike? Yes, I just heard gunshots cuz I was going to report off after this the recent call but I just heard a shot then so we just pulled off cuz my child was in the car. How many gunshots did you hear? Uh, two. Okay. All right, I've got that information updated. We're getting the Madison as quick as possible, okay? Thank you, ma'am. You're welcome, okay. Madison Precinct Officer Derek Tony was one of the first officers to respond to the call. 10-4, 10-57. Can we have the air for a second? Yeah, you said you heard them that way? Yeah, right off in the woods right here. All right, not far. All right, can you say your car for me? Yep. All right, car first. Yeah. Hopefully no one's on this right side. All right, there's gloves. That's weird. Hey, uh, see if you can grab that VIN. I hear yelling. 727, if we have any additional units, can we send them our way? We do hear some arguing out in the woodline. Dispatch 10, you know they got away free. Yeah, this is 740. Oh. Down. Crap, and of course I dropped my rifle. Dispatch 21 Charles, we just heard three to five more shots very close to our 20. Is this a canine thing again? I don't know. 27 to 10 or 20 direct. Yeah, we're on route three. Should we start getting out commands, I guess? I I That's what I was thinking. All right. Yeah, watch me. It's the Metro Police Department. Come out with your hands up. METRO POLICE, DROP THE WEAPON OR WE WILL SHOOT. COME OUT OF THE WOODS WITH YOUR HANDS UP NOW. IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY, WE WILL RELEASE THE DOG. WE WILL RELEASE THE CANINE IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY. HE SAID [ __ ] YOU. YEAH, you don't have a rifle, do you? No, I got a shotgun. My rifle's freaking at home. 721, two more shots. 721 723 We gave We gave commands and told her that he's not He's not in the woods and he heard two more shots. I noticed they were towards the Do we have like SWAT or something? But maybe wait for Sarge, I guess. Yeah, stay low. Use the engine block. 721, one more shot. This is definitely a SWAT callout. But I'm not sure if we need to wait for Sarge. Hey guys, how far up are you? From the shooter, approximately 50 yards. Maybe 100. I don't know if we need to back up. Metro police, COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP NOW. DROP THE WEAPON OR WE WILL RELEASE THE DOG. For now, I don't think he's shooting at us. I don't I'm not going to risk it. I'm just Try to unlock your car from where you're at, try to use the loudspeaker. 723 He just gave two more commands. He tried TO TELL HER OKAY, THAT THAT WAS BACK THERE. 27, uh we confirm that he is shooting at us now at this point. For some 30 minutes, officers gave the gunman repeated commands to exit the woods and surrender. When he fired two shots in front of police, Officer Ricardo Cruz, a 2-year veteran of the MPD, returned fire with one shotgun round. PUT YOUR HANDS UP. WALK TOWARDS THE ROAD. WE NEED TO SEE YOUR HANDS. YOU COME OUT peacefully or you will not be harmed. Sir, come out peacefully. We do not want to hurt you. IF YOU COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP, I'LL LET YOU smoke a cigarette. Hit him with the flood now and see what happens. Hey, hit your flood light. See what happens. See if that does it any better. Nah. Can see his hand. He keeps reaching down. Sir, we do not want to shoot you. Please, come out with YOUR HANDS UP. HEY, HE'S HE JUST PULLED SOMETHING OUT. LEFT HAND, left hand. Not sure what he's got. I can't tell what he keeps Yeah, whatever it was. Yeah. Uh well, whatever that is is black. Looks bigger than a lighter to me. Might be phone. He says he's got a phone and he says he wants a light. Put your hands up. This is the National Police Department. Put your hands up, turn around, and walk backwards towards the road. If you do not You will not be harmed if you come out peacefully. He's coming out. Direct him where you need him. What do you think? SUV's coming down. Got one of those command. If you got a SUV coming down towards us, have him come to the very front of the column. He's going to be right there on the right. Can you send up a pair of binoculars up here? They're in the back of my SUV. Did you pop the hatch? Drop what's in your hands. Put your hands up and walk towards the road. You will not BE HARMED IF YOU COME OUT PEACEFULLY. WE NEED to see your hands. Should be right in the middle once he pops that hatch. Why let him get in the woods, Donald? No, we'll lose visual. And I don't we have no containment on the back side. Stand by. Command, go ahead. This call is pending. They very likely could give you some intel on your suspect. Adam-4, thank you. Come out with your hands up. We do not want to hurt you. Put your hands up and walk TOWARDS THE ROAD. YOU WILL NOT BE HARMED IF you come out peacefully. THIS IS THE NASHVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT. COME OUT AND WALK TOWARDS THE ROAD. YOU WILL NOT BE HARMED. Show us your hands and walk Oh, [ __ ] Stand by. Stand by. Is it the phone? Show us your hands and walk Report was anybody hit in that exchange? Do not reach FOR THE WEAPON. HEY, HOLD OFF ON THE HEY, EVERYBODY GOOD? Show us your hands Oh, [ __ ] Stand by. Stand by. Report was anybody hit in that exchange? The gunman, tentatively identified as a 39-year-old Nashville man, died at the scene. He is under investigation for a shooting incident on Trails Dale Drive Wednesday morning in which a relative's vehicle was damaged by gunfire. An arrest warrant for the 39-year-old was issued on Wednesday charging him with tampering with his electronic monitoring device. The 39-year-old is a convicted sex offender on permanent supervised release from the Department of Correction. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and this police department conduct thorough use of force investigations. This investigation is at the early stages and will take time to complete. In the coming days, the TBI and the Davidson County District Attorney's Office will continue to investigate and analyze this incident. By policy, the MNPD will also be conducting an administrative review of the tactics and interaction you have just seen to ensure that they meet the high standards expected of our officers. Thank you for watching this critical incident briefing.