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Robert Coughlin

Case from Nashville, TN dated Aug 13, 2020

Victim Details

Robert Coughlin

Male

White / Caucasian

Nashville

TN

2020-08-13

23

Robert

Coughlin

07/06/2026

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In the afternoon of August 13, 2020, a young man named Robert Coughlin, 23, placed a harrowing 911 call from his home in Nashville, Tennessee. He reported that he had been shot by two men inside his apartment located in the 600 block of Shelby Avenue. When police arrived, they found him unresponsive on the fire escape. Paramedics rushed him to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, but his life could not be saved.

Investigators believe the motive for the fatal shooting was robbery. Evidenc ...
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  • WTVF: Police: Man shot, killed in East Nashville apartment
  • WKRN News 2: One dead after shooting on Shelby Avenue, suspects wanted
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