One of the two men killed in Sunday night’s (May 17) gunfire in the rear parking lot of a gas station at 1110 Bell Road has been identified as Alijzhia L. Hatcher, 19, of Nashville. A 19-year-old man with Hatcher, who identified himself as a relative, is being treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. More Crime News
The investigation to this point shows that Hatcher and the other 19-year-old arrived at the parking lot in a Ford Fusion for the purpose of meeting other persons to conduct a reported gun transaction. Those persons arrived in a Honda Accord, which pulled alongside the Fusion. As the parties talked, the deal went bad and shots were fired by both sides. Hatcher, a passenger in the Fusion, was fatally hit. The 19-year-old with him was wounded and drove the Fusion onto nearby Mountain High Drive, where it stopped.
The Honda Accord went to Century Farms Emergency Room, a short distance away. The driver dropped off an unidentified wounded man and immediately left. That wounded man was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. The Honda was found abandoned on a South Nashville Street during the night and impounded…