A man was killed and nine others were injured, including three children, after two groups opened fire on each other as crowds from a Tennessee State University homecoming parade thinned out Saturday, according to Nashville police.
A 24-year-old male was killed in the gunshots that occurred off-campus on Jefferson Street at 5:10 p.m., after the march had ended but parking lots were still crowded, according to police.
“We can tell from the shell casings that there were gunshots on one side of the street and then on the other side of the street,” police spokesman Don Aaron told reporters.
According to police, the shooting occurred after a large portion of the crowd had left to attend the Tennessee State Tigers-Eastern Illinois Panthers game in Nashville.
Police did not name the victims or confirm whether any were students. Their situations range from grazed by gunfire to serious injuries.
Aaron said that the three youngsters that were shot, one 12-year-old and two 14-year-olds, all had non-critical injuries.
Police are investigating how many shooters there were, and Aaron believes at least one individual in the hospital fired gunfire. Video from an airborne police camera could shed light on what happened.
Detectives were also interviewing those who had been shot. Aaron claimed that cops are familiar with some of the hospitalized persons from previous interactions. “We are confident that things are beginning to come together,” he told me.
Handguns are thought to have been used, and police discovered one on the street, he added.
The march took place on Saturday morning, and the throng was starting to thin out when the shooting occurred. Aaron stated that Jefferson Street had reopened roughly 20 minutes prior.
“Just a handful of people, a very small number of people, besmirched the celebration,” he told me.
A man was killed and nine others were injured, including three children, after two groups opened fire on each other as crowds from a Tennessee State University homecoming parade thinned out Saturday, according to Nashville police.
A 24-year-old male was killed in the gunshots that occurred off-campus on Jefferson Street at 5:10 p.m., after the march had ended but parking lots were still crowded, according to police.
“We can tell from the shell casings that there were gunshots on one side of the street and then on the other side of the street,” police spokesman Don Aaron told reporters.
According to police, the shooting occurred after a large portion of the crowd had left to attend the Tennessee State Tigers-Eastern Illinois Panthers game in Nashville.
Police did not name the victims or confirm whether any were students. Their situations range from grazed by gunfire to serious injuries.
Aaron said that the three youngsters that were shot, one 12-year-old and two 14-year-olds, all had non-critical injuries.
Police are investigating how many shooters there were, and Aaron believes at least one individual in the hospital fired gunfire. Video from an airborne police camera could shed light on what happened.
Detectives were also interviewing those who had been shot. Aaron claimed that cops are familiar with some of the hospitalized persons from previous interactions. “We are confident that things are beginning to come together,” he told me.
Handguns are thought to have been used, and police discovered one on the street, he added.
The march took place on Saturday morning, and the throng was starting to thin out when the shooting occurred. Aaron stated that Jefferson Street had reopened roughly 20 minutes prior.
“Just a handful of people, a very small number of people, besmirched the celebration,” he told me.
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