Video shows Nashville police capture fugitive with help of helicopter crew
released dramatic video of an officer tackling a f𝓡ugitive wanted for murder who was on the run for more than a year in connection to a crime that happened in A🎀ugust 2021.
The Metro Nashville Police Department said 30-year-old Tyrone Walker had been wanted for the m♏urder of 39-year-old Cecil Holmes Jr.
Walker was indicted in April 2023 on charges of first-degree murder and pos♏session of a gun as a felon, and since the indictment, detectives had been working to find him.
Ear🔥lier this month, detectives learned that Walker was riding around the Edgehill area in a gold 🅘SUV.
Watching above in a helicopter outfitted with night vision, pol🥀ice located Walker and monitored the situation as officers on the ground deployed a spike strip near the exit of a housing development.
clip of the operati꧙on on social media, showing the vehicle driving through a ho𓂃using development.
When the vehicle reached the exi💧🔴t, a person, later identified as Walker, was seen getting out of the SUV and running.
A♒s Walker fled the scene, an officer chased him around a set of buildings. Once the officer was within reach, the officer lunged at Walker and♏ tackled him.
Police said Walker tossed a pistol with an extended magazine to the ground ಌbefore𒐪 he was taken into custody.
Walker was ultimatel💎y processed and booked, with a judge ordering that he be held without b🦄ond, pending a hearing.
Walker has multiple convictions, ౠincluding , theft and cocaine po💦ssession.
Police also said two other people were inside the vehicle with Walker, and both were arres🗹ted because they were wanted on outstanding probation violation 🌊warrants.
Aft�🍌�er posting the video clip online, several people congratulated the Metro Nashville Police Department for their work.
“That’s awesome!!! Go MNPD,” one user wrote in response to the clip.
“Keep up the amazing work you’re doing,” another user wrote.
