At approximately 6:00am on Wednesday, August 13th, 1997, Melvin Christian went to the back door of 877 Granada Avenue to answer a knock at the door. When he opened the door, he was pulled out of the house. Shortly after, gunshots were heard by another person in the house at the time. Christian had been fatally shot multiple times. Melvin Christian was 17 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Melvin Christian, 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