Suspect Arrested In North Nashville Gas Station Murder

DYERSBURG, TN — The suspect in an October 6 murder at a North Nashville gas station was arrested in Dyersburg Sunday night.

Danny Haskins, 57, is the alleged gunman in the murder of 35-year-old Nashvillian Quinton Thornton, who was standing beside in Dodge Challenger outside a Marathon station on John A. Merritt Boulevard. Witnesses said Thornton began arguing with the occupants of a nearby Lincoln Continental.

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When Thornton walked over to the Lincoln, he was shot in the back. The shooter, believed to be Haskins, then jumped into the passenger seat of the Lincoln while a second man drove away. Thornton was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he died.

The alleged getaway driver, Terry Martin, 20, was arrested in Dyersburg October 9.

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