Metro police are investigating two separate shootings in Nashville overnight that left at least one person dead.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Metro police are investigating two separate shootings in Nashville that left at least one person dead.
Metro Nashville Police Department officers responded to a reported shooting in the parking lot of Illuzion Bar and Lounge on Murfreesboro Pike just after 2:40 a.m. Sunday.
Officials said 25-year-old Raybon Porter was in the parking lot, leaning into the window of a car and talking to a friend when at least two vehicles pulled into the lot and began firing guns. Porter was struck in the back.
It is unknown if the shots were directed at a target or fired indiscriminately. Officers said Porter was likely caught in the crossfire.
He was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he died.
Officers were also called to a shooting on Fairfield Avenue early Sunday morning. According to MNPD, when officers arrived at the scene, a male victim had suffered a gunshot wound to the back.
He was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he remains in critical condition.
A witness reportedly told police that two Black males in dark clothing shot the victim and then fled the scene in the direction of University Court.
No additional information is available at this time. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.
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