Shooting Reported Sunday Morning Outside Prince’s Hot Chicken

According to WKRN, a shooting took place outside Prince’s Hot Chicken in the early hours of Sunday morning, leaving a 16-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to the stomach.

Metro police arrived at TriStar Skyline Medical Center just before 2 a.m. Sunday, where the victim had been transported in a friend’s vehicle and remains hospitalized in critical, but stable condition. Police say the teenager was caught in the crossfire while hanging out with friends in the parking lot during a band trip, then individuals in a stolen Honda Civic and a Mercedes SUV fled the scene.

Shots had been reported earlier in the evening at Prince’s Hot Chicken near Dickerson Pike, but officers had been unable to find a patient. Officers located a crime scene, Youth Services Detectives responded, and the scene is being processed for evidence. Police are following leads to identify the shooters. If you have any helpful information on this crime, call Nashville Crime Stoppers at 615-74-CRIME.

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