NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) -- Members of the East Nashville community are concerned after at least three violent crimes happened within a half-mile of each other over the course of 48 hours.

The most recent incident happened in the 400 block of Fatherland Street, where the Metro Nashville Police Department was dispatched shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21 for a stabbing. There were also two shootings -- one reported around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday and another called in just after 11 p.m. on Monday, May 19 -- just a few blocks away on South 5th Street.

"That's alarming. I mean, it's usually a pretty quiet neighborhood, but we are close to downtown. I know that sometimes different elements impact us being so close to the core of the city, but hopefully we can investigate what led to those things and provide more supports around safety and keeping people connected to share information," said East Nashville resident Peter Martina, who’s lived in the neighborhood for 21 years. 

Authorities said they found a man dead with a stab wound to the back and his throat cut inside an apartment at the Fatherland Flats apartment complex Wednesday evening. There was also a blood trail from the apartment, through the courtyard, and into a community laundry room, as well as a bloody kitchen knife and what appeared to be bloody bedding in the laundry room.

About 15 hours before the fatal stabbing, authorities said a teen was shot in the head less than half a mile away in the 500 block of South 5th Street. Before that, a woman was shot in the leg in the 600 block of South 5th Street, which was the same apartment complex as the other incident, Monday night. Both victims were brought to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for treatment.

"There have been mornings where I've woken up at 10 a.m. to gunfire and had to hit the deck, and that's definitely scary," said Sam Wronski, who’s lived in East Nashville for four years. "It's definitely concerning. My sister and my niece and their family, they also live pretty close by, so I think they also try to keep her safe and be careful about what they're doing, so I think that's hard for a lot of families to have to deal with that."

Although these incidents are concerning, both Wronski and Martina have faith in their neighborhood. 

"It's been a lot of changes. There are certainly spikes in crime from time to time, but I think the encouraging thing is that over the years and decades, the crime has improved, the schools are getting better, the community stays very strong, and so I'm hopeful that we'll continue to just get on top of these kinds of incidents and be thoughtful with the police and neighbors on being safe," Martina said.  

On Thursday, May 22, police announced 26-year-old Tristen Williams was facing multiple charges -- including criminal homicide, evidence tampering, and two counts of domestic assault involving a girlfriend -- in relation to the stabbing of an acquaintance who had been staying with him. Williams reportedly told family members and witnesses that the victim attacked him, but detectives haven’t interviewed him yet because he was hospitalized for a laceration to the arm.

In addition, officials said they arrested 22-year-old Latrell Knot, a convicted felon on probation, in connection with Wednesday morning's shooting on South 5th Street. He has been charged with attempted criminal homicide, gun possession by a convicted felon, possession of a prohibited automatic gun, evading arrest, and 10 counts of statutory rape for having a relationship with minor who is pregnant by him.

As for Monday night's shooting on South 5th Street, authorities have not shared any updates in that case.

Law enforcement has not released any information indicating these incidents are related.

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