On Saturday, September 22nd, 2012, just before 7:00, Joshua McLean and his brother pulled into the Nashville West Shopping Center parking lot at 6814 Charlotte Pike. McLean had arranged through an internet site to meet someone who wanted to purchase the two handguns he had for sale. McLean got out of his vehicle and went around to the back of the Tahoe to open the rear hatch to show the guns to two men while his brother remained in the passenger seat. The buyers pulled a gun on McLean, likely with the intent of stealing the handguns, resulting in McLean being fatally shot. The shooters, described as two black men, fled without taking any of the six handguns McLean had in his vehicle. Joshua McLean was 30 years old at the time of his death.
Below is an image of the shooter’s car from surveillance footage in the area.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Joshua McLean, 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