1 dead, 1 critically injured after shooting outside nightclub in South Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — An 18-year-old is dead and a 20-year-old is in critical condition following a shooting early Sunday morning in South Nashville, officials said.
Officers responded to the scene at Bucanas Night Club on Nolensville Pike around 2:30 a.m. after two victims had been shot.
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A Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) release stated Yasser Paz, 18, and the 20-year-old were with two friends in the nightclub parking lot when a vehicle drove up beside them. Witnesses described the vehicle as a dark Chevrolet Suburban, officials said.
The release stated multiple men then got out of the vehicle and began shooting at the victims.
Paz and the 20-year-old were transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where Paz died from his injuries and the other victim remains in critical condition. The two additional people with the victims during the incident were not injured.
No additional details have been released. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.
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