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One person was killed and nine others injured in a shooting near Tennessee State University near Tennessee State University Saturday celebrating a school homecoming — and investigators believe at least one of the injured was involved in the shooting, authorities said.
The shooting happened on the street where TSU is located around 5 p.m Homecoming Parade That morning, Nashville police and fire officials said at a press conference Saturday evening. The deceased was 24 years old, police in X said. His name, the names of the injured and information about the motive were not immediately released.
At least three of the injured were children with non-life-threatening injuries, Nashville police said Said in X. A 12-year-old girl and two 14-year-old girls were taken to an area children’s hospital, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department spokesman Dan Aaron said.
The other victims ranged from a 23-year-old man to a 55-year-old woman, who Aaron said was in critical condition.
“We hope others are going to survive and recover,” Aaron said.
At least one of the injured is “suspected to have been involved in the shooting,” Nashville police said Said in X. Police did not immediately say if they were looking for anyone in connection with the shooting.
Investigators did not immediately know if any of the shooting victims were TSU students, Nashville police Cmdr. Anthony McClain told reporters.
“We think it’s a sidebar to the (homecoming) celebration” and “not a direct reflection of the university,” McClain said.
City Fire Department spokeswoman Kendra Loney said firefighters who were already in the area to do community service during the morning parade rushed to the injured after the shooting.
Firefighters at the scene of the shooting “sounded like fireworks … until they realized it wasn’t,” Loney said.
“Our crews described to me moments where they tore their belts and did things like use medical bags as tourniquets because they didn’t have medical bags,” Loney said.
Loney said the shooting “interrupts what has been a fun and eventful day for a lot of people here today.”
Of the 10 people shot, five were taken to hospitals by fire department personnel, while others were “abandoned by private vehicles,” Nashville police spokeswoman Brooke Reese said.
Authorities are making progress in their investigation, which is ongoing, Aaron said.
“There was no indication of any gang affiliation,” Aaron said. “Two groups were beefing and they were shooting at each other with the crowd around them.”
Homecoming week at the university ended on Saturday. The school’s football team played its homecoming game Saturday evening at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, about 3 miles east of the shooting site.
