Smith County Man Arrested, Charged with Attempted Murder

November 26, 2017

Stacye Lee Nash (DOB 06/21/1962)

NASHVILLE – An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Gordonsville man, who is charged with the attempted murder of his son-in-law.

At the request of 15th District Attorney General Tom Thompson, on November 25th, TBI Agents responded to Gordonsville to investigate a report of an officer-involved shooting. The investigation revealed that Saturday night, Smith County deputies responded to a shots-fired call on Tribble Lane in Gordonsville. Upon arrival, someone began shooting at the deputies from a wood line. Deputies returned fire, and Stacye Nash was struck. He was subsequently transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center. During the course of the investigation, Agents, working with law enforcement officers with the Smith County Sheriff’s Department and Gordonsville Police Department, developed information that earlier in the evening, Nash had gone to the nearby residence of his son-in-law, and had fired shots at him.

On Sunday, Agents arrested Stacye Lee Nash (DOB 06/21/1962) and charged him with one count of Criminal Attempt to Commit First Degree Murder. He was booked into the Smith County Jail, on a $150,000 bond.

Related: (November 26, 2017) TBI Agents Investigate Officer-Involved Shooting, Two Other Shooting Incidents in Smith County

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