TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 19, 2022

The police officers who fatally shot a Tennessee man walking along Interstate 65 in Nashville will not face criminal charges, Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk announced last Friday. Funk said that Landon Eastep’s actions “were designed to cause officers to perceive an immediate threat” and thus “all shots fired were legally justified.” Eastep’s wife has filed suit against the police, alleging they used excessive force and should be liable for her husband’s death. The Tennessean has more on the suit. Eastep was shot 12 times in the front and the back, the Associated Press reports.