A Nashville family is mourning the loss of a young entrepreneur who was shot and killed while trying to retrieve his stolen merchandise. Tyquan Jackson, 26, died Sunday after being shot the night before during a confrontation with alleged thieves.
Metro Nashville Police said Jackson was inside a Hermitage sports bar Saturday when someone alerted him that individuals were breaking into his SUV.
The family says the suspects took off with a backpack containing clothing and hats from Jackson’s self-designed merchandise line. Jackson pursued the suspects in his vehicle, but as he followed them onto the I-40 East entrance ramp from Old Hickory Boulevard, gunfire erupted. A bullet struck Jackson in the head. He was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries the next day…