A 22-year-old man was shot multiple times inside the garage of a home on Lady Nashville Court in Hermitage late Saturday night, and Metro Nashville police say the shooting appears to be tied to a robbery. Officers responding to the call also found several thousand dollars in cash, a large amount of individually packaged marijuana, and firearms inside the residence.
Metro Nashville officers responded to a shooting call around 11 p.m. Saturday at the home on Lady Nashville Court, according to WSMV. Emergency dispatch records reviewed by the Citizen app placed the reported shooting at 1405 Lady Nashville Court at 11:12 p.m. on August 15, pinpointing the residence within the quiet townhome development in the Hermitage neighborhood of eastern Davidson County. The resident was in the garage when he was shot, per the outlet's report.
The victim was taken to Skyline Medical Center for treatment, the station reported. TriStar Skyline Medical Center has operated as a Level I Trauma Center since receiving that state designation in September 2024, an upgrade that expanded its capacity to handle critical, life-threatening injuries across Middle Tennessee after a decade as a Level II facility.
Cash, Guns and Packaged Marijuana Recovered
Inside the home, officers found firearms, several thousand dollars in cash, and a large amount of individually packaged marijuana, all of which police collected as evidence, the station's report states. Police have described the shooting as apparently robbery-related, though the outlet's account does not specify whether the victim or other residents are considered suspects, witnesses, or targets. The police investigation remains ongoing, per the same report.
The combination of packaged narcotics, cash, and weapons found inside the home raises the stakes well beyond a simple possession case. Under Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-17-417, possessing marijuana with intent to sell or distribute is a felony, with penalties scaling from a Class E felony for quantities over half an ounce up to a Class B felony for commercial quantities exceeding 70 pounds, according to mmjnow. Prosecutors commonly infer intent to sell based on individual packaging, scales, or large amounts of cash, per The Baker Law Firm.
Firearms Add Separate Felony Exposure
Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-17-1324 creates a standalone felony offense for possessing or employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, carrying a mandatory minimum sentence of three to 15 years in prison, according to N. Cate Law. Those mandatory sentences must run consecutively to any underlying felony penalty and carry no eligibility for probation, per N. Cate Law.
Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk has maintained a policy since 2020 declining to prosecute simple possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana, though commercial distribution and felony-level quantities remain actively prosecuted, mmjnow notes. State law preempts any local decriminalization ordinance, meaning the packaging and cash found at the Hermitage home could still expose residents to felony charges regardless of the county's approach to minor possession.
Part of a Broader Pattern in Davidson County
The Hermitage shooting echoes a string of recent Nashville cases where illegal drug stashes have drawn armed robbers to residential addresses. In April, Metro police arrested four suspects after an armed market robbery when residential search warrants turned up handguns, more than $15,000 in cash and multiple illegal narcotics, as Hoodline previously reported. In May 2025, an 18-year-old was charged with attempted murder and aggravated robbery after a late-night confrontation at Riverfront Dog Park escalated from an attempted marijuana robbery. And in April 2024, four suspects were arrested after a robbery call led police to search warrants on Luna Drive and Darlene Drive, where they recovered two handguns, $1,600 in cash and marijuana.
The Hermitage Precinct, which covers eastern Davidson County, has handled such calls under adjusted geographic boundaries since MNPD opened its new Southeast Precinct in Antioch in November 2025 — the department's first new precinct in 11 years. Any firearms recovered in the Lady Nashville Court case would likely be traced through ATF systems under joint task force initiatives that Metro Nashville police and the U.S. Department of Justice maintain to combat drug-related violent crime and armed home invasions.
It remains unknown whether the 22-year-old victim or other residents will face felony drug or weapons charges once detectives complete their investigation, or whether the shooting was carried out by someone who knew cash and marijuana were inside the home. Police have not said whether they have identified suspects or a getaway vehicle, and the investigation continues.
