{"id":78851,"date":"2022-03-18T15:20:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T20:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=78851"},"modified":"2022-03-18T15:20:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T20:20:40","slug":"78851","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=78851","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Deadly shooting by Clarksville Pike, shooter claims self-defense<\/a><\/p>\n

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) \u2014\u00a0<\/span>No charges are being placed currently after a deadly shooting of a man by a Clarksville Pike convenience store clerk on Thursday morning as detectives continie to investigate the clerk’s claim of self-defense.<\/p>\n

The victim was identified as 23-year-old Cornell M. Evans of Memphis, according to Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD).<\/p>\n

North Precinct officers were dispatched to a shooting call at the 7-eleven store on 3200 Clarksville PIke around 5: 30 a.m.<\/p>\n

The clerk, 23-year-old Devyon Johnson, told detectives that Evans entered the store and went directly to the restroom, staying there for an unusual period of time.<\/p>\n

This prompted Johnson asking him to leave. Johnson said Evans exited the bathroom in a furious state as he berated him and other employees.<\/p>\n

After Evans was repeatedly asked to leave and left the store, Johnson walked to the front of the parking lot, trying to persuade Evans to leave the property.<\/p>\n

While on a sidewalk in front of the business, Johnson said Evans approached him aggressively and took a fighting stance.<\/p>\n

A physical fight began and Johnson said as he was being punched from behind, he drew a pistol and shot at Evans to protect himself.<\/p>\n

Evans was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he died shortly after arrival.<\/p>\n

Johnson provided a detailed statement to Homicide detectives and the case will be staffed with the District Attorney\u2019s Office at the conclusion of the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deadly shooting by Clarksville Pike, shooter claims self-defense NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) \u2014\u00a0No charges are being placed currently after a deadly shooting of a man by a Clarksville Pike convenience store clerk on Thursday morning as detectives continie to investigate the clerk’s claim of self-defense. The victim was identified as 23-year-old Cornell M. Evans of Memphis, … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78852,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78851\/revisions\/78852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}