NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A 4-year-old girl is now dead after being shot Tuesday night in East Nashville, police said Wednesday afternoon.
Police said she was riding in a car that was shot up at Douglas Avenue and Dickerson Pike. Two shooters got out at a red light and opened fire. Investigators believe the vehicle was targeted.
The 4-year-old who died was later identified as Taliyah Frazier. A witness named Kendra said, "She didn’t do anything to anyone, and she just had to lose her life."
The driver was shot in the arm and drove the car to a Family Dollar according to police on scene.
"It’s terrible man, like what the hell is really going on? I have four grown children, and people have been doing things that have not been right everybody’s life, but how in the hell does this little girl sitting in a back seat like this… catch some bullets from someone else? They don’t even know nothing about it," Kendra said.
Metro Police said there were two-year-old twins in the car as well. One of the twin boys was grazed in the head, while the other twin was uninjured. The 22-year-old driver is the twins' father, and police believe he drove to the Family Dollar because that's where their mom works.
Kendra said, "I’m devastated.”
In 2020, 70 children died from firearm-related deaths, per the child fatality review from the Tennessee Department of Health. Of that figure, 44 children died from homicide. These are the latest figures available from the 2022 Child Fatality Annual Report issued to the Tennessee General Assembly.
According to MNPD's crime dashboard, there have been 49 violent incidents in the East Precinct this month.
If you know anything about the shooters who got away, you are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.
