• A man walking along I-65 was killed by police after a 30 minute encounter ended with nine separate officers opening fire when he appeared to pull a metal object from his pocket. His family says that he was having a mental health crisis and was armed only with a box cutter.
• One Metro Police Department officer has already been decommissioned after investigators say he fired two shots from his rifle after the man was already on the ground. Metro’s police chief has ordered a review of the practices at the city’s training academy.
• Metro officials want to hear how Nashville should spend $142 million in expected federal American Relief Plan funding approved by congress.
• Youth sports referees are harder to hire and retain by these days in Nashville, with verbal and sometimes physical abuse from players and spectators alike. A proposed law would upgrade assault charges to a Class E felony.
• A cyclist was killed when an SUV struck him early Sunday morning while he was riding along Nolensville Pike. Police have not charged the driver.
• The Metro Council will vote tonight whether to approve a bill that would allow license plate readers throughout Nashville. Police say the technology will help them solve crime faster, while privacy advocates say it is a surveillance overreach.
• Social media company TikTok has signed a lease for three floors of a downtown office tower, with listings for analysts and moderators appearing on job boards.
• The Nashville Predators lost 3-2 in overtime to the Edmonton Oilers Thursday to close out their two-game road trip. The Preds are back in action tomorrow night against the Vancouver Canucks.
• In weird crime news, police are looking for a guy who wore a “dinosaur onesie” while burglarizing a home and vehicle near West Nashville.
• A Nashville-area state lawmaker has proposed a recreational marijuana bill, arguing that neighboring states are looking to pass similar legislation to create new tax revenue. Observers do not expect the bill will move out of committee.
• The Nashville Scene has declared it Hot Chicken week and is offering deals with several restaurants if that’s your thing.
• Edgehill Village fixture Taco Mamacita is moving to Germantown and is set to open this summer, and Craft Brewed in The Nations is looking to open a tap room with a rooftop patio.
• Alumni of East Nashville High are upset that the sign company painted the new sign in front of the campus orange instead of red.

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