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Police arrest man for shooting outside Nashville gas station

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Posted at 8:20 AM, Jul 22, 2021
and last updated 2021-07-22 14:35:18-04

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Metro Nashville Police Department arrested a suspect Thursday morning in connection to a deadly shooting outside of a Nashville gas station.

Authorities charged Robert V. Griffin, 29, with criminal homicide and a felon in possession of a handgun.

The call came in shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday at a Marathon gas station on John A. Merritt Boulevard.

Metro police said there was some sort of fight inside the gas station, and the victim, Orlando M. Hall, 25, was shot and killed outside.

It’s unclear what led up to the fight.