An argument over getting out of bed for school Tuesday morning led a teenage boy to open fire on three family members, including his grandmother and two young children, inside an East Nashville home, Metro police said.
Nashville police spokeswoman Kris Mumford said a preliminary investigation revealed that shortly before 7:17 a.m., a relative was attempting to wake up a 16-year-old boy inside his home at Berkshire Place Apartments on Porter Road when an argument broke out.
"There was a quarrel about getting up and getting ready for the day when (at some point) the 16-year-old ran to a closet, got a 9 mm handgun and started firing," Mumford said.
Bullets struck the teen's 67-year-old grandmother twice, and his 12-year-old sister and his 6-year-old nephew were both grazed by gunfire. The teen's nephew is his older sister’s son, Mumford said.
The teen also attempted to shoot his 42-year-old mother in the living room of the home but Mumford said she ducked behind a couch and avoided being hit.
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Nashville police spokeswoman Kris Mumford said a preliminary investigation revealed that shortly before 7:17 a.m., a relative was attempting to wake up a 16-year-old boy inside his home at Berkshire Place Apartments on Porter Road when an argument broke out.
"There was a quarrel about getting up and getting ready for the day when (at some point) the 16-year-old ran to a closet, got a 9 mm handgun and started firing," Mumford said.
Bullets struck the teen's 67-year-old grandmother twice, and his 12-year-old sister and his 6-year-old nephew were both grazed by gunfire. The teen's nephew is his older sister’s son, Mumford said.
The teen also attempted to shoot his 42-year-old mother in the living room of the home but Mumford said she ducked behind a couch and avoided being hit.
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