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Man dies following police shooting at a Nashville bus station

Man dies following police shooting at a Nashville bus station
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A man has died after an officer-involved shooting Friday morning at the Greyhound Bus Station in Nashville.

Metro Police arrived to the bus station at about 6 a.m. following a call to dispatch of a suicidal person.

Witnesses told police a man threatened that he had a gun and reached into a backpack.

Two MNPD officers then shot the man.

Police say the man was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he died.

Metro Police say there was no gun found in the backpack that the man was wearing.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are on scene in the aftermath of the shooting.

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