A Nashville man who injured a West Precinct officer this afternoon by ramming a marked patrol car with his pickup truck is being charged with attempted criminal homicide.
Josiah Martin, 27, telephoned 911 from the Belle Forest Condominium complex on Old Hickory Boulevard in Bellevue and stated he was going to kill someone. Officer Nicholas Silinsky drove into the driveway of the condo complex to look for the caller when he saw a red pickup truck start moving toward his police car. As the truck accelerated, Officer Silinsky maneuvered his car to the right in an effort to avoid a direct collision. Nevertheless, Martin’s truck hit the police unit on the driver’s side and sent it out of the driveway down an embankment. The truck crashed onto its side adjacent to a nearby wood line. Officers smashed a window and took Martin into custody.
Officer Silinsky received a non-critical leg injury in the collision. Martin was treated at General Hospital, discharged, and taken to jail.
