The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) is investigating after a woman was stabbed to death at the WeGo bus station near the intersection of Harding Place & Antioch Pike.
The bus station is located southeast of Nashville’s downtown area, near the Bakertown neighborhood.
MNPD said the woman was stabbed on Friday morning by a man, who was subsequently tacked by bystanders and held until police arrived.
“Homicide detectives are investigating this morning’s fatal stabbing of a woman at a bus stop near the intersection of Harding Pl & Antioch Pk. The man responsible is in custody. He was tackled by citizens and held until police arrived,” MNPD announced on Friday.
The motive for the attack remains unclear, MNPD added.
WKRN reports that the incident occurred around 5:15 a.m. and police had the scene cleared by 8:30 a.m.
The outlet also received a statement from WeGo after the incident, in which the transit company said one of its bus drivers witnessed the crime and reported it to MNPD.
A WeGo spokesperson said, “A WeGo bus Operator witnessed a criminal incident happening on the street at Harding Place and Antioch Pike this morning. He stopped the bus to report the incident. The WeGo bus was not involved in the incident itself. We are assisting MNPD with their investigation.”
Friday’s incident at the bus station comes 10 days after Nashville voters approved Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s multi-billion dollar transit plan that will, among other projects, expand WeGo services by adding new and extended bus routes by raising the city’s sales by a half percent.
The mayor’s transit plan also funds WeGo to offer 24/7/365 services, which has been flagged by critics as “unsafe” as the expansion of services overnight was not proposed with any plans to implement additional police presence or other security measures.
The transit plan was approved by a total of 183,108 votes (65.5 percent) while a total of 96,305 votes (34.5 percent) were cast against the plan.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
This “transportation plan” is killing people already.
So happy that mayor Freddie the Freeloader is now going to greatly expand the opportunity for criminals to assault and possibly kill those who fall into his trap of riding the public buses. Way to go Freddie!