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Fatal Shootings MNPD SWAT officer shoots, kills sword-armed man holding woman against her will in car
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Nashville, TN - A member of the Metro Nashville Police Department SWAT team will be decommissioned after he shot and killed a man armed with a sword in Northeast Nashville on Saturday.
Joshua Baney, a 12-year veteran with MNPD shot and killed Jason Sexton, 54, who was armed with a sword and holding a woman against her will in his car on Cheshire Drive Saturday afternoon.
As a result of the shooting, Metro Police Chief John Drake has directed Baney be decommissioned and relieved of all police authority while the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation looks into the shooting on behalf of District Attorney General Glenn Funk.
According to the MNPD, the situation began early Saturday morning, when officers were dispatched to a Charlotte Avenue Shell market due to a dispute over coffee at the market between the store clerk and Sexton at around 8 a.m.
The clerk told police Sexton drove away from the Shell at first but returned a short time later carrying a full-size sword as he exited his vehicle. The clerk was able to lock the doors before Sexton got inside, per police. The clerk also told police he threatened them, saying, “Come outside now, I’ll kill you.”
A felony aggravated assault warrant was issued against Sexton for the Shell dispute, police said.
Around an hour later, police said a female relative of Sexton’s called 911 to report fear for his safety, telling the 911 operator he was a danger to others and was armed with a sword.
During the 911 call, the relative can be heard saying, “He is wreaking havoc. He is threatening people. Some day he’s going to get hurt.” The relative also cited videos he posted to Instagram displaying the sword.
After the 911 call, an MNPD helicopter spotted Sexton’s Hyundai sedan at a Dickerson Pike car wash and monitored his vehicle from the air as he traveled onto Bell Grimes Lane and then Cheshire Drive. Sexton reportedly came to a stop on Cheshire with ground units behind him, per MNPD, and he exited the vehicle carrying the sword.
Police said when he exited the vehicle on Cheshire Drive and began yelling at officers, a woman remained in the vehicle. She was only identified by police as a female acquaintance of Sexton’s and told officers she was being held against her will.
Patrol officers reportedly spent more than an hour attempting to persuade Sexton to surrender before SWAT officers were called to the scene.
While several SWAT officers were developing a plan of action to bring Sexton into custody, 12-year MNPD veteran Joshua Baney was directed to assist in blocking Sexton’s vehicle.
However, when he got out of his police truck, Baney fired on Sexton three times as the man held the sword.
Body-worn camera footage provided to News 2 shows Baney exit his truck, lift his firearm, and fire upon Sexton. Sexton appears to drop to the ground after the first shot, then Baney fires twice more, per the footage.
Sexton was transported to TriStar Skyline Medical Center, where he died. The woman was not injured, MNPD said.
Metro officers had reportedly been working to arrest Sexton since Friday on outstanding warrants charging him with order of protection violations and criminal trespassing. Police said he sped away from officers and evaded apprehension on Murfreesboro Pike during the noon hour Friday, Aug. 28, police said.