SOLVEDListenWaffle House, Antioch, Nashville, Tennessee · 2018
On April 22, 2018, Travis Reinking fatally shot four people and injured others at a Waffle House in Antioch, Nashville, before an unarmed customer, James Shaw Jr., wrestled his rifle away. Reinking was captured after a 34-hour manhunt and convicted in 2022 of first-degree murder.
SOLVEDListenJames A. Cayce Homes, East Nashville, Tennessee · 2017
Jocques Clemmons, a 31-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by Nashville police officer Joshua Lippert after a traffic stop on February 10, 2017. The Davidson County District Attorney declined to prosecute Lippert, a decision that sparked sustained protests, and the case was closed by federal authorities in August 2017 without charges.
UNSOLVEDListenPublic Square, Nashville, Tennessee · 1872
David Jones, an African-American man accused of killing a white man in Nashville, Tennessee, was shot by a mob while in jail, dragged to the public square, and hanged on March 25, 1872; he died of his injuries on April 9, 1872.
SOLVEDListenNashville, Tennessee — Jade Benning's apartment (city-level pin) · 2023
Jade Benning, five months pregnant, became critically ill at her Nashville apartment on February 25, 2023, and died on March 6, her 25th birthday; her boyfriend Blaise Taylor was convicted in July 2026 of murdering her and their unborn daughter.
The files run from 1872 to 2023. The 2010s hold the most, with 2 files. The oldest is Lynching of David Jones, from 1872.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (6), mass shooting cases (2) and school shooting cases (1).
3 files of the 7 have coverage attached: 3 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 2 creators. Criminally Listed and That Chapter have covered the most of them.
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Aiden Hale at The Covenant — Credit: Unknown authorPublic domainSource
File:Marcia Trimble 1965 1975 TennesseeA.jpg — Credit: School portrait, c. 1974.Public domainSource
7. By status: 2 unsolved and 5 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Lynching of David Jones, from 1872. Open the file
Nashville Waffle House shooting, with 1 video, podcast or documentary linked from its file. Open the file
Criminally Listed (1 case) and That Chapter (1 case).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Sep 29, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
