On Monday, November 7th, 2016 at approximately 5:30pm Denzel Tyler was found slumped in the driver’s seat of his Infiniti SUV in the alley behind 110 Claiborne Street. Tyler was attended to by EMTs and was ultimately declared deceased at the scene from a single gunshot wound. There were not any vehicles seen entering or leaving the alley, however it appears that two men left the alley by foot around the time of the shooting. Denzel Tyler was 24 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Denzel Tyler, 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