Metro Nashville Police detectives are pursuing leads in Saturday afternoon’s gunfire outside a S. Hamilton Road church that wounded two persons who had just attended a funeral.
The church had hosted the funeral service for Terriana Johnson, 19, who was murdered on November 14th at Watkins Park. As persons began to walk out of the church’s front door, and before the body was brought out of the building, persons in a black Honda Civic with a temporary tag drove by and opened fire at 1:40 p.m. Some of the persons who attended the funeral were also armed, drew their pistols, and shot back at the car.
Two persons outside the church were wounded, an 18-year-old woman who was shot in the leg, and a 25-year-old man who was shot in the pelvis. Their wounds are not life-threatening.
Johnson’s burial took place later in the afternoon.
Detectives suspect the shooting was the result of a beef between two factions of people. Anyone with information on the black Honda Civic is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.
A Juvenile Court arrest order charging criminal homicide remains outstanding for Alarenta Waters, 17, who is accused of fatally shooting Terriana Johnson. Waters is alleged to have opened fire on a car in which Johnson was riding after Johnson and Waters’ sister were involved in a fight.
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