East Bay Times

Three dead, four injured in shooting at Nashville apartment

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A shooting in a Tennessee apartment left three people dead, including a suspect, police said Saturday. Four other people were wounded. Six members of a family were shot at the Nashville apartment Friday night, including a 15-year-old and 18-year-old who both were killed, police said in a statement.

Also killed in the shooting was suspect Christian Akail Johnson, 29, of Nashville. According to the survivors, Johnson and another individual entered the residence with guns after knocking on the front door, investigat­ors said.

Robbery is among the motives being considered, police said.

The statement from police did not indicate the whereabout­s of the second suspect.

Police identified the others who died as brothers Zacquez Sherrell, 18, and Tavarius

Sherrell, 15.

Four others were wounded: their 40-year-old mother, two sisters ages 16 and 20, and a 13-year-old brother.

1 wounded in Tacoma gunfire

Police in Washington state Saturday were investigat­ing a shooting at a shopping mall that left one person seriously wounded and sent hundreds of Black Friday shoppers fleeing for exits or hiding in stores.

As of Saturday afternoon, no arrests had been reported in the previous night’s shooting at the Tacoma Mall, south of Seattle.

The shooting began just after 7 p.m. Friday near the mall’s food court. One person, a male, was injured in the shooting and taken to a hospital for treatment of serious injuries. He was in stable condition.

As shoppers fled the gunfire, officers attempted to locate the shooter.

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