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SWAT Officer Fatally Shoots Sword-Wielding Hostage Suspect | Crime Alert 08.31.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvani. An extended standoff in Nashville ended in
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  Speaker 2: bloodshed after SWAT officers fatally shot a sword-wielding man holding
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  Speaker 2: a woman captive inside his vehicle. Metro Nashville police report
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  Speaker 2: that 54-year-old Jason William Sexton died at Skyline Medical Center
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  Speaker 2: following Saturday's confrontation on Cheshire Drive. The horrific series of
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  Speaker 2: events began at a shell market on Charlotte Avenue when
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  Speaker 2: Sexton engaged in a heated argument with a store clerk
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  Speaker 2: over payment for a cup of coffee. Sexton briefly drove away,
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  Speaker 2: only to return brandishing a full-size sword. When the terrified
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  Speaker 2: clerk locked the store doors, Sexton reportedly shouted, come outside now,
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  Speaker 2: I will kill you, prompting law enforcement to issue a
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  Speaker 2: felony aggravated assault warrant. Roughly an hour later, a concerned
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  Speaker 2: family member placed a frantic call to emergency dispatchers warning
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  Speaker 2: that Sexton was armed, erratic, and broadcasting dangerous threats online,
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  Speaker 2: as heard in this emergency call.
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  Speaker 3: And he posted a video earlier saying he was going
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  Speaker 3: to do what? I'm getting ready to post a video
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  Speaker 3: of all hell breaking loose because somebody assaulted him over
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  Speaker 3: a cup of coffee. He's going to turn into a Jedi.
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  Speaker 2: Following that emergency call, a police helicopter spotted Sexton's Hyundai
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  Speaker 2: sedan near a car wash on Dickerson Pike, tracking the
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  Speaker 2: vehicle until it came to a stop on Cheshire Drive.
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  Speaker 2: Ground units immediately surrounded the car. Carrying the sword, Sexton
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  Speaker 2: stepped out of the vehicle and began aggressively screaming at officers,
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  Speaker 2: while a 26-year-old female passenger remained trapped inside. For over
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  Speaker 2: an hour, patrol officers attempted to de-escalate the volatile situation
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  Speaker 2: and persuade Sexton to surrender. However, the terror escalated when
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  Speaker 2: the woman communicated to officers that she was being held
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  Speaker 2: against her will. SWAT officers were called to manage the
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  Speaker 2: high-risk hostage crisis. Twelve-year police veteran Joshua Bainey positioned his
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  Speaker 2: vehicle behind the suspect, stepped out, and discharged three rounds,
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  Speaker 2: as captured on body cam audio.
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  Speaker 3: Watch out.
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  Speaker 2: Watch out.
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  Speaker 1: Watch out.
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  Speaker 2: Move.
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  Speaker 1: Move!
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  Speaker 2: The female hostage was rescued unharmed. In the immediate aftermath,
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  Speaker 2: Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake decommissioned Officer Bainey, stripping
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  Speaker 2: him of all police authority while the Tennessee Bureau of
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  Speaker 2: Investigation conducts an independent review for District Attorney General Glenn Funk.
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  Speaker 2: Local authorities had also been actively attempting to execute outstanding
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  Speaker 2: warrants on Sexton for protective order violations and fleeing from
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  Speaker 2: the police the previous day. More crime and justice news
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  Speaker 2: after this. In major developments out of Idaho, convicted quad
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  Speaker 2: murderer Brian Koberger's newly appointed attorney, Gregory Rauch, has filed
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  Speaker 2: aggressive court motions seeking to disqualify Judge Stephen Hippler and
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  Speaker 2: move post-conviction proceedings out of Ada County. This comes after
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  Speaker 2: Koberger publicly claimed innocence and accused his former legal team
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  Speaker 2: of coercing him into a false confession. Koberger previously pleaded
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  Speaker 2: guilty to the brutal November 2022 stabbings of University of
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  Speaker 2: Idaho students Madison Mogan, Kaylee Gonsalves, Zanna Kernodle, and Ethan
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  Speaker 2: Chapin to avoid execution, receiving four consecutive life sentences. Rauch
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  Speaker 2: argues that Judge Hipler demonstrated clear bias during sentencing, pointing
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  Speaker 2: directly to Judge Hipler's scathing assessment during sentencing.
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  Speaker 1: During the quiet morning hours of November 13, 2022, a
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  Speaker 1: faceless coward breached the tranquility of six beautiful young people
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  Speaker 1: and senselessly slaughtered them, four of them. Who committed this
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  Speaker 1: unspeakable evil was unknown for several weeks, but due to
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  Speaker 1: the killer's incompetence and outstanding police work by numerous local, state,
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  Speaker 1: and federal law enforcement agencies. The person that slithered through
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  Speaker 1: that sliding glass door at 1122 King Road now stands
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  Speaker 1: before the world and this court unmasked.
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  Speaker 2: Rauch contends these forward-looking judgments compromise the judge's required impartiality. Furthermore,
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  Speaker 2: the defense is requesting a venue change back to Latak County,
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  Speaker 2: where the crimes occurred, citing convenience for local witnesses and attorneys.
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  Speaker 2: Koberger is also challenging the court's November 13th deadline to
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  Speaker 2: amend his petition. In South Carolina, a Greenville County judge
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  Speaker 2: has denied bond for 22-year-old Naziah Linnae Weatherall, who stands
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  Speaker 2: accused of an attack on a rideshare driver. Public court
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  Speaker 2: records indicate Weatherall ordered a lift on April 22nd and
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  Speaker 2: upon the driver's arrival, allegedly stabbed him 11 times before
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  Speaker 2: stealing his vehicle. The victim was rushed to a local
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  Speaker 2: hospital with critical injuries. During Friday's bond hearing, the victim's
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  Speaker 2: wife delivered emotional testimony describing the trauma inflicted on her
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  Speaker 2: family while her husband was simply doing his job. Weatherall
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  Speaker 2: faces severe charges, including attempted murder and carjacking. While Lyft
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  Speaker 2: confirmed the suspect's account has been permanently banned, defense attorneys
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  Speaker 2: argue Weatherall was suffering from severe schizophrenia delusions and attempting
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  Speaker 2: to flee perceived threats. Her mother offered heartfelt apologies in court.
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  Speaker 2: Maintaining the violent act was entirely out of character. The
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  Speaker 2: judge ruled Weatherall will remain incarcerated pending a comprehensive psychiatric
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  Speaker 2: evaluation scheduled for September. For more crime and justice news,
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  Speaker 2: be sure to join us for Crime Stories with Nancy
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  Speaker 2: Grace on Fox One, YouTube, Sirius XM, and now streaming
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  Speaker 2: on Tubi. With this crime alert, I'm Sydney Silvani.