Crime & Safety
17-Year-Old Dead In East Nashville Shooting
A teenager was killed in a Thursday night shooting in East Nashville and two suspects are on the lam.
NASHVILLE, TN — A 17-year-old was killed in a shooting on Joseph Avenue in East Nashville Thursday night and the two suspected shooters are on the run, according to Metro Police.
Police were called to Joseph Avenue around 8:30 p.m. and found Kennda Watkins shot in the head. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
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Witnesses told police two black males fled the scene, both armed with pistols. One was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and the other a red and black hooded sweatshirt and dark shorts. The men left in a large white pickup and drove towards Dickerson Pike, according to witnesses.
Watkins is the 11th teenage murder victim in Davidson County in 2017. Through mid-September 2016, there were two such victims.
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