Homicide Unit detectives this morning swore out an arrest warrant charging Rodale Lewis, 23, with the October 4th fatal shooting of his brother, Latherious Lewis, 15, in the 1200 block of 11th Avenue South in Edgehill. Lewis was taken into custody late Wednesday.
TITANS (The Investigative Team Addressing Neighborhood Shootings) detectives had been looking for Rodale Lewis for the past several days knowing that he was wanted for questioning in the murder of his brother and that he was also wanted on outstanding warrants in Alabama. Detectives located Lewis Wednesday evening in a black Lincoln MKZ at a parking lot off Dickerson Pike. With assistance from a THP helicopter, Lewis was followed for more than an hour until he stopped in a drug store parking lot on Harding Place in South Nashville. At that point, detectives moved in to take Lewis into custody. He used his Lincoln to hit and push the undercover police vehicles out of his path and escape the takedown. The helicopter continued to follow the Lincoln as Lewis drove to the area of Ed Temple Boulevard and Vance Street in North Nashville where he fled on foot and hid in a trash can until he was taken into custody.
In the murder case, Lewis is accused of shooting his brother in the back following a fight between the two.
In addition to criminal homicide, Lewis is charged with evading arrest, aggravated assault on a first responder for hitting occupied police vehicles last night, being a fugitive from Alabama, and drug possession. He is being held in the Metro Jail without bond.
The coordinated work of TITANS and Homicide detectives is part of the MNPD’s precision policing strategy to identify and apprehend individuals responsible for gun violence and other serious felonies in our community.