Drive-By Shooting Injures 2 At Funeral At Nashville Church

As they and other individuals were leaving the church after attending a woman’s burial who had been shot to death earlier this month, two people were wounded in a drive-by shooting in Nashville on Saturday, according to the police.

A memorial ceremony for Terriana Johnson, 19, had just been completed at New Season Church when the afternoon shooting took place there, according to Don Aaron, a spokesman for the Metro Nashville Police Department. As the shooting started, people were leaving the church and the hearse was parked outside with the rear door open, according to Aaron.

An 18-year-old lady was shot in the leg, and a 25-year-old male was shot in the pelvis, from a black, late-model Honda Civic with a temporary tag, according to the police. Both weren’t thought to be life-threatening wounds, according to Aaron.

Aaron claimed that several of Johnson’s funeral attendees, who weren’t members of the church that was hosting, were armed and opened fire on the automobile.

According to the authorities, the shooting took place before Johnson’s body was taken from the church, and her burial took place in the late afternoon.

Authorities are still searching for a 17-year-old accused of criminal murder in connection with the shooting death of Johnson at Watkins Park on November 14. Police said that after a brief altercation between Johnson and the suspect’s sister, the juvenile opened fire on the automobile Johnson was riding in.

Although not necessarily between members of the two families, Aaron claimed that the shooting “appears to be some form of a quarrel between two groups of people.”

“This was just a brazen shooting,” Aaron told reporters. “These persons have no regard for human life at all.”

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