Drive-by shooting hurts two at church
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A drive-by shooting injured two people Saturday in Nashville as they and others were walking out of church from the funeral of a woman who was fatally shot this month, according to police.
Metro Nashville Police Department spokesperson Don Aaron said the afternoon shooting occurred outside New Season Church, where a funeral service had just ended for Terriana Johnson, 19. The hearse was parked out front with the rear door open and people were filing out of church as the shots began, Aaron said.
Police say they are on the lookout for a black late-model Honda Civic with a temporary tag, from which one shooter or more fired from as the car passed by, hitting an 18-year-old woman in the leg and a 25-year-old man in the pelvis. Neither had life-threatening injuries, Aaron said.
Some attendees of the funeral services for Johnson — who was not a member of the church that was hosting — were armed and fired back at the car, Aaron said.
The shooting occurred before Johnson’s body was brought out of the church, according to police, and her burial took place later in the afternoon.