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Samuel Eugene Robinson

Case from Nashville, TN dated Jun 01, 2019

Victim Details

Samuel Eugene Robinson

Male

Black / African American

Nashville

TN

2019-06-01

46

Samuel

Eugene Robinson

07/09/2026

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In the summer of 2019, a fatal shooting outside a Nashville motel unfolded into a story of a large-scale drug operation gone wrong. Samuel Eugene Robinson, a 46-year-old male from Houston, Texas, was shot on the afternoon of June 1st outside the Red Roof Inn on Claridge Drive. He was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Investigators with the Metro Nashville Police Department quickly determined that Robinson's death was not a random act of vi ...
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  • WATE: 218 pounds of marijuana found in Middle TN hotel after man shot, killed
  • The Tennessean: Shooting at Donelson Red Roof Inn kills one; police seeking suspects
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