Crime & Safety
Man Pulls Shotgun From Guitar Case In Nashville Shooting
A man told police he was shot Sunday by a man who had a shotgun hidden inside a guitar case.
NASHVILLE, TN -- A man with a shotgun hidden in a guitar case shot another at a Nashville gas station Sunday, police say.
A man told investigators he was at the Z-Mart on Lafayette around 11 p.m. Sunday when a man walked up to him, pulled a shotgun from a guitar case and shot him in the arm. The victim walked into Vanderbilt University Medical Center; his injuries are not life-threatening.
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The victim told police the shooter is a black man in his 20s, about 6-feet tall and weighing 200 pounds. He was wearing all-black.
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