Security at Nashville bus terminal increased after 4 shot

Source: Associated Press

Security at Nashville bus terminal increased after 4 shot

Updated 3:58 pm, Tuesday, April 26, 2016

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville police are increasing security at a downtown bus terminal in the aftermath of shootings that wounded four teenage boys.

Javious Chatman, 18, was seriously injured in Monday's shooting, but his condition had improved to stable by Tuesday, said police spokesman Don Aaron. Three boys, two 16 and one 17, were also shot and sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said in a news release.

The Music City Central MTA bus terminal was crowded when shots were fired near an upper level escalator around 3:30 p.m., the release said, and people began running at the sound of gunfire.

The terminal is a central transfer station for schoolchildren and other passengers and an estimated 4,000 children travel through it every day, going back and forth to school, jobs and extracurricular activities, said Patricia Harris-Morehead, a spokeswoman for the Nashville MTA. She said the terminal has always been very secure and safe.


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