Officers patrolling the area heard gunfire shortly after 11:45 p.m. near the 100 Cherry Street area and arrived at a site where there were “multiple parties exchanging gunfire and numerous people fleeing the area,” he said. the police.
Multiple shooting victims were taken to a hospital for treatment, the police sergeant said. Jeremy Eames. Four are expected to survive while two have life-threatening injuries, he said. Most of those shot were teenagers or in their 20s, he added.
“We had large groups of minors walking around the city center on that date and we believe it is from that group where the shooting took place,” he said. Police said they had arrested at least one person in connection with the shooting.
The location of the shoot is less than a mile from the Tennessee Aquarium and the city’s boardwalk.
CNN’s Tina Burnside contributed to this report.