Edward L. Tarkington

Death by Force

Officer Edward L. Tarkington, aged 22, of the Metro Nashville Police Department, was tragically shot and killed on December 17, 1978, while responding to a residential burglary call at 12th Avenue North and Jo Johnston Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Officer Tarkington was talking to the victim when the victim's neighbor, who had been arrested twice before by Officer Tarkington for operating illegal gambling games, confronted the officer and began arguing with him. The neighbor produced a .45 ca ...Read More