On Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 shortly after midnight John Jermaine Shannon was involved in an altercation near 621 Dew Street with a male just before Shannon was fatally shot. The male shooter was described as a black male with a light complexion, short with a slim build, and in his late teens or early twenties. A resident of the area heard the gunshots, looked out the window and called for an ambulance after seeing Shannon lying on the ground. John Jermaine Shannon was 32 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of John Jermaine Shannon, 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