1995-161271 – Eric Taylor

At approximately 2:00am on Tuesday, May 16th, 1995, Eric Dewayne Taylor and three other young males were standing near the corner of 14th Avenue and Cecilia Street when a red 4-door Chevy with a white vinyl top drove up. Two males got out of the car with guns and told the men to “lay it out.” The males began shooting and fatally struck Taylor multiple times. The three other young males with Taylor were able to flee the area unharmed. The two males then got back into the car and fled the scene. Eric Dewayne Taylor was 18 years old at the time of his death.

If you have any information regarding the murder of Eric Dewayne Taylor, please contact the Cold Case Homicide Unit at MNPDColdCase@nashville.gov

You can also call the Nashville Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Division anonymously at 615-742-7463

We feel it is important to put a face to the name. If you have a photograph you would like to submit to be posted (as an addition or substitution) please email: MNPDColdCase@nashville.gov