On Saturday, December 21st, 1996, just after 11:00pm, John Vincent Gentry was driving in the area of 40th Avenue North and Albion Street when he was shot multiple times. Gentry was driving a green and white 1989 Chevy Astro Van which came to stop when it struck a tree near a lot located at 935 42nd Avenue North. Gentry then attempted to back the vehicle up but came to a stop on Albion Street. John Vincent Gentry was 30 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of John Vincent Gentry, 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