Two Men Fatally Shot Sunday Night in Exchange of Gunfire in Bell Road Gas Station Parking Lot

One of the two men killed in Sunday night's gunfire in the rear parking lot of a gas station at 1110 Bell Road has been identified as Alijzhia L. Hatcher, 19, of Nashville. A 19-year-old man with Hatcher, who identified himself as a relative, is being treated at a hospital for non-life-threating gunshot wounds.

The investigation to this point shows that Hatcher and the other 19-year-old arrived at the parking lot in a Ford Fusion for the purpose of meeting other persons to conduct a reported gun transaction. Those persons arrived in a Honda Accord, which pulled alongside the Fusion. As the parties talked, the deal went bad and shots were fired by both sides. Hatcher, a passenger in the Fusion, was fatally hit. The 19-year-old with him was wounded and drove the Fusion onto nearby Mountainhigh Drive where it stopped.

The Honda Accord went to Century Farms Emergency Room a short distance away. The driver dropped off an unidentified wounded man and immediately left. That wounded man was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. The Honda was found abandoned on a South Nashville Street during the night and impounded.

The investigation is continuing.