Metro police investigating 4th shooting within 79 hours in JC Napier area
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — For the fourth time in less than four days, members of the Metro Nashville Police Department responded to a shooting in the JC Napier neighborhood.
According to Metro Nashville dispatch, the incident was reported shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 26 in the 100 block of Charles E. Davis Boulevard.
Officers at the scene told News 2 an 18-year-old man ended up with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg and was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). MNPD’s Non-Lethal Shooting Team is reportedly investigating the incident.
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Authorities said the victim was found between two buildings. In addition, shell casings were discovered where the shooting allegedly occurred.
Police said they detained a person for carrying a rifle and wearing body armor as a precaution, but they have yet to determine if he was the shooter. After investigators figure out whether this individual was involved in the incident, they will deal with him accordingly.
No additional details have been released about Sunday night’s shooting, which was the fourth shooting in the JC Napier area within 79 hours, but the previous three incidents were all deadly.
3rd deadly shooting in just over 3 days reported in JC Napier area
The first shooting occurred just after 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 23 in the 100 block of Fain Street, led to the death of 63-year-old Alan Howard and the arrest of 30-year-old Timothy Gibbons Jr., according to officials. Gibbons told officers he and Howard had been drinking since the night before, but after one of Howard’s friends come to the home and Howard got into that person’s vehicle, Howard allegedly became “aggressive” and started hitting Gibbons, so Gibbons pulled out a gun and Howard was shot in the chest.
Then, shortly before 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, 29-year-old Bryan Lewis was shot in the 600 block of Charles E. Davis Boulevard and reportedly died at a local hospital. A 23-year-old told detectives that he shot Lewis because he “believed that Lewis was about to shoot him,” so police said they are investigating the self-defense claim.
Almost 24 hours later, just before 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, authorities said they responded to the 600 block of Lewis Street after a man was shot while exchanging gunfire with another person. The victim was taken to VUMC, where he was pronounced dead.
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