Edward L. Tarkington

In the winter of 1978, a young life dedicated to service was tragically cut short in Nashville, Tennessee. Officer Edward L. Tarkington, a 22-year-old African American male serving with the Metro Nashville Police Department, was responding to a residential burglary call on the evening of December 17th. With just over a year of service under his belt, Officer Tarkington was speaking with the victim at the scene located at 12th Avenue North and Jo Johnston Avenue when the situation took a fatal tu ...