TBA Law Blog

TBA Law Blog

Nashville Prosecutor Fired for Calling Police Recruit an ‘Excellent Shot’ After Fatal Shooting

Posted by: Kate Prince on Nov 25, 2020
News Type: Legal News

Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk fired former assistant district attorney Pam Anderson last month after she recommended against charging a police recruit with murder and referred to him as an “excellent shot” in an email, the Tennessean reports. Nathan Glass was working as a security guard for a Nashville restaurant when he shot and killed DeAngelo Knox outside the business. Glass, who had been accepted into Nashville’s police training academy at the time, claimed he shot Knox out of self-defense after he saw him with a gun. Claiming there was not enough evidence to prove otherwise, Anderson declined to pursue the case. In an email to a police investigator, Anderson said Glass had “justifiably killed” Knox. “Ha! The security guard was an excellent shot,” she wrote in a March 2019 email. Funk became aware of the email last month and fired Anderson on Nov. 2. He also reversed Anderson’s recommendation on the case and Glass was indicted on one count of second-degree murder this month. Anderson says the email was taken out of context and that it only reflected her exclamation upon remembering the case and the suspect's skill with a firearm.

Law-Related Blogs AND PODCASTS

Check out other law-related blogs and podcasts generated from the Tennessee legal community or of interest to the Tennessee lawyers.