NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro Nashville Police are investigating after a man was killed in an exchange of gunfire inside a parking garage along Broadway in downtown Nashville.
Officers responded to the fifth floor of the Broadway garage around 9:15 Monday morning. They found 26-year-old Layth Hantouli dead from multiple gunshot wounds.
Investigators say at least two men drove into the garage before Hantouli arrived in his own vehicle. There was an exchange between the three, shots were fired, and the two suspects fled the scene.
Detectives found about 6 pounds of marijuana in Hantouli's vehicle. Investigators later searched an apartment in the building linked to him, which turned up more than 200 pounds of marijuana.
Police are still working to track down the suspects. Anyone who was in the parking garage and witnessed the shooting or what led up to it is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 615-74-CRIME.
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