NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A four-legged friend off Dickerson Pike might want to consider a side job as a doggie detective after the dog's owner said it uncovered a loaded pistol hours after a shooting and search in the area.
The shooting happened Wednesday shortly before 10 p.m., as heard on Emily Blincoe's porch cam.
In her video, those who are watching can hear at least two rounds of gunfire, with police shouting a minute later. Blincoe later captured video of police searching the area with flashlights. She said she also heard bushes rustling behind her home.
The next morning, Blincoe says she took her one-year-old dog, Odie, out to her backyard to do what dogs do.
Blincoe said Odie loves to bring back all kinds of things — she keeps buckets full of all his fetched "treasures" in her backyard — but she never expected Odie to bring back what she says he did Thursday: a loaded pistol.
As best Blincoe can tell, the loaded gun was left behind by one of the shooters the night before, though Metro Nashville Police Department officials couldn't immediately confirm that detail.
Blincoe, a professional photographer, was recording the moment she walked up to the gun Odie had fetched.
"I was walking up to him, thinking he had some toy or something he found. I started videoing, and as I walked up, I was trying to process what I was seeing," Blincoe said. "He didn't have it in his mouth at that point, but I was freaking out trying to process it."
Metro Police says officers now have the gun Odie found.
"I think he was pretty upset they took his treasure away," Blincoe said, laughing. "Just another day in East Nashville."
Friday afternoon, Metro police released details of the shooting incident from Wednesday.
Metro Police say they responded to reports of a disorderly crowd at Dellway Villa Road at the Fallbrook apartments Wednesday night, then heard shots as the crowd went running.
While Metro Police say officers couldn’t immediately catch the shooter, they say a 20-year-old man later showed up to Tristar Skyline Medical Center who told staff he had accidentally shot himself.
That's despite at least 11 shots heard being fired in Blincoe's video.
Metro Police say they will perform testing on the weapon Obie found to see if it can be matched to other shootings or shell casings found at the apartment complex.
