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South Precinct detectives believe Friday night’s shooting outside Hickory Hollow Mall that left a Florida man with a non-critical wound to his shoulder was not random and that there’s much more to the story than they’ve been told.
The victim, Cedric Davis, 27, of Ft. Lauderdale, told detectives that he is not interested in prosecuting the gunman.
Davis was at the mall with four other persons, a woman from Cincinnati and three men from Florida. None of the group consented to formal interviews. Detectives were able to piece together this scenario despite inconsistent statements from the group:
The woman from Cincinnati, Jennifer Walen, 35, said that she walked out to the group’s black Infinity SUV to drop off shopping bags when she was approached by two gunmen and was ordered to get into the vehicle. Walen said the men asked her where the money was and “where do they keep the cash.” Somehow Whalen got out of the vehicle, walked back into the mall and told the others in the group what had happened. The four Florida men accompanied Walen back to the Infinity. They said a man was standing at the side of vehicle with all the doors open. They reported that when he saw the group approaching, he closed the tailgate, pulled a pistol and fired. Davis was hit in the shoulder.
Detectives have identified two of the men traveling with Davis. The others said they did not know the name of the third person, although he had accompanied them from Florida.
A local witness who was in the parking lot when the shooting occurred saw just one gunman. The witness said it appeared to him the gunman knew members of the group. Most of the involved parties were reluctant to give officers their names and were more concerned with just leaving.
Original News Story
One Person Shot At Hickory Hollow Mall
NewsChannel 5 WTVF
http://www.wtvf.com/story/16568382/one-person-shot-at-hickory-hollow-mall
NASHVILLE, Tenn.- One person was injured in a shooting at Hickory Hollow Mall Friday night. The shooting happened just after 8 p.m.
Police said that as a woman was leaving the mall she was rushed by two men armed with guns that forced her to get into her car and demanded money. It was unclear what happened inside the vehicle, but somehow the woman managed to get away. The victim fled back into the mall and brought two of her male friends back out to the car with her.
Officials said when the suspects saw the victim and her friends coming out of the mall they fired several shots. One 27-year-old man was hit in the shoulder and transported by ambulance to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Police have not said if the suspects were in custody in relation to this case. The identity of the victim also had not been released.
