Just before 7:00am on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009, a patrol officer approached Edward Penord Matthews who appeared to be asleep on a bench in front of 500 Church Street. The officer discovered that Matthews was not asleep, but was deceased as a result of a gunshot wound. It was determined that Matthews was likely shot around 3:00am as he slept on the bench. Edward Penord Matthews was 46 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Edward Penord Matthews, 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