NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro Police have identified both men killed in a shooting Sunday night in the rear parking lot of a gas station on Bell Road.
Police said 19-year-old Alijzhia L. Hatcher of Nashville and 20-year-old Aldo Sosa Arteaga were killed during what investigators described as a reported gun transaction that turned into a shootout.
According to investigators, Hatcher and another 19-year-old man arrived at the gas station at 1110 Bell Road in a Ford Fusion to meet several people who arrived in a Honda Accord. Police said the groups were conducting a reported gun deal when the exchange went bad and gunfire erupted from both sides.
Hatcher, who was riding as a passenger in the Fusion, was fatally shot, police said.
The other 19-year-old man in the Fusion, who identified himself as a relative of Hatcher, suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. Investigators said he drove the car onto nearby Mountainhigh Drive before stopping and seeking help.
Police said the Honda Accord later arrived at the Century Farms Emergency Room, where Arteaga was dropped off before the driver left the scene. Arteaga later died at the hospital.
The Honda Accord was later found abandoned on a South Nashville street and was impounded by investigators. Police said the investigation continues into the identity of Arteaga’s friend and gunman who drove him to the emergency room before leaving.
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