HALLOWEEN NIGHT FIGHT IN CLARKSVILLE SENDS ONE MAN TO JAIL, THE OTHER TO VANDY HOSPITAL

RAY CHARLES NELSON

            A CLARKSVILLE MAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND ANOTHER IS IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL AFTER A FIGHT LATE ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT ON “E” STREET.

            PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER JIM KNOLL SAYS DISPATCH RECEIVED A CALL OF TWO MEN FIGHTING, BUT THAT THE CALLER ABRUPTLY SAID “NEVERMIND, IT’S OVER” AND HUNG UP. OFFICERS CONTINUED TO “E” STREET TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY AND FOUND 47-YEAR OLD RAY CHARLES NELSON AND 47-YEAR OLD JOHN DAVIE SCOTT—BOTH OF CLARKSVILLE—LYING ON THE STREET BLEEDING.

            WITNESSES WERE NOT VERY FORTHCOMING, BUT POLICE DETERMINED NELSON STRUCK SCOTT WITH A BOTTLE, CAUSING SEVERE INJURIES AND DOING DAMAGE TO AN ARTERY. POLICE SAY BOTH MEN HAD BEEN DRINKING.

            NELSON WAS TREATED AT GATEWAY MEDICAL CENTER AND THEN TAKEN TO THE MONTGOMERY COUTNY JAIL. SCOTT WAS TAKEN TO GATEWAY, BUT TRANSPORTED TO VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

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