A 20-year-old Nashville man is facing a felony attempted criminal homicide charge after police say he stabbed his neighbor earlier this month. Jaylin Hampton was booked into the Davidson County Jail in connection with the October 5 attack in the 1200 block of Murfreesboro Pike.
According to WKRN News 2, crews were called around 2 p.m. on October 5, and the victim was later declared dead. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is Middle Tennessee's only adult Level I Trauma Center verified by the American College of Surgeons, a facility that, per Vanderbilt Health, admits more than 5,000 trauma patients from Tennessee and surrounding states each year and treated 85 stabbing victims in 2024 across an 80,000-square-mile service area.
Security Footage and Witness Accounts Build the Case
Investigators with the Metro Nashville Police Department say they reviewed security video that showed Hampton stabbing the victim and then handing the knife to a witness, according to arrest documents cited by the station's report. A concerned citizen implicated Hampton, according to the report.
Hampton, 20, was booked at the Davidson County Jail and charged with felony attempted criminal homicide, the same report notes. His bond was set at $250,000. The cited bonding company says Tennessee residents' premiums are capped at 10 percent of bail, while nonresidents may pay 10 to 15 percent. It lists a one-time $25 initiation fee and says interest-free installments are available, according to Bail U Out Bonding.
What Attempted Criminal Homicide Charges Require
Attempted criminal homicide — specifically attempted first-degree murder — is classified as a Class A felony under T.C.A. § 39-12-101 and § 39-13-202, per Justia Law. In Hampton's case, investigators cited security footage and witness information in connection with the charge.
Davidson County General Sessions Court holds weekday bond and felony jail dockets at the Justice A.A. Birch Building, according to the General Sessions Court of Metropolitan Nashville & Davidson County.
A Corridor With a History of Violence
Hoodline also reported on a similar April stabbing case, in which a 59-year-old man was held on a $150,000 bond for attempted criminal homicide after stabbing a woman who came to Felix’s apartment to cut his hair. The report described wounds to her chest, back and right thumb.
Metro police opened a new Southeast Precinct directly on Murfreesboro Pike in Antioch in November 2025 to boost coverage and cut emergency response times across South Nashville. That expansion comes even as citywide homicides in Nashville dropped by nearly 30 percent in 2025 compared to previous years, Metro Nashville Police Department data showed, even as localized stabbings and interpersonal disputes have persisted in residential neighborhoods along the corridor.
