A man was stabbed in the back while walking near a WeGo bus station in downtown Nashville, according to authorities, in an attack that left him with wounds to his back and blood soaking through his white shirt. Metro Nashville Police Department officers responded to the bus station near 400 Dr. M.L.K. Jr Boulevard, where they found the victim, and a suspect was later arrested and charged.
As reported by WKRN News 2, the stabbing took place Monday near the downtown bus station. Officers who arrived on scene found the man with stab wounds to his back and blood visible on his white shirt. According to arrest documents cited by the station, the victim told officers he had gotten into a fight with the suspect before the stabbing occurred.
Suspect Found Within Minutes of the Scene
Oswald Nelson was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the stabbing, the station's report states. Arrest documents say Nelson was found about 15 minutes away from the scene and taken into custody shortly after. His bond was set at $25,000, per the same account.
WeGo Points to Security Measures Amid Separate Edgehill Stabbing
The downtown stabbing followed a separate incident at a WeGo bus stop in Nashville's Edgehill community, where one person was injured and another taken into custody, according to FOX 17. Police identified the suspect in that case as Jacob Boswell, and the victim was treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, FOX 17 reported.
FOX 17 also noted other incidents tied to the transit system, including a woman charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a WeGo bus driver, and a man charged with attempted homicide after a shooting near a downtown WeGo station the same week.
WeGo Public Transit CEO Stephen Bland told FOX 17 that the system carries about 30,000 riders each day and maintains 24/7 security at its central location, with multiple recording systems installed on every vehicle. Those measures were described in the context of the Edgehill incident rather than the downtown stabbing involving Nelson.
