MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) — The victim in a shooting outside a Murfreesboro pool hall early Saturday morning has died from her injuries, and two suspects in the shooting have been charged with first-degree murder.
Murfreesboro police identified the victim as 27-year-old Cierra Torres, who was in the passenger seat of a pickup truck when the shooting occurred.
Detectives with the Murfreesboro Police Department's Violent Crimes Unit have been investigating the shooting that took place around 1:30 a.m. on June 13 at MJ’s Sports Bar & Grill on Northwest Broad Street.
Castella Goodman, 39, and Keosha Bassham, 37, are both charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, according to Murfreesboro police. Goodman is also charged with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.
The preliminary investigation into the shooting revealed that Bassham "confronted a group of individuals" inside the pool hall as part of an ongoing dispute, says Murfreesboro police. The accosted group, which included Torres, left the building while Bassham followed them outside.
Goodman reportedly fired shots at the group's pickup truck while they were trying to leave, injuring Torres, who was initially found at a muffler shop near the pool hall and was listed in extremely critical condition. Murfreesboro police say that she died at the hospital four days after the shooting.
Bassham is currently being held in Nashville on unrelated charges and is awaiting extradition to Rutherford County, says Murfreesboro police.
Goodman is being held at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center.
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