CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A woman was killed in a shooting on Interstate 24 near Clarksville on Monday night.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said the shooting happened between 5:45 and 6 p.m. in the eastbound lanes near exit 11 (Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway) and exit 19 (Maxey Road). The shooting closed the eastbound lanes of the interstate for several hours as law enforcement investigated.
TBI agents have identified the victim as 34-year-old Kanetha Miller.
"For you to be driving down the road and shoot at somebody else or shoot at their vehicle, that just makes you a coward," said Austin Green who lives in Clarksville.
It's becoming a deadly trend on Interstate 24.
"There’s always either a wreck or a shooting or something like that," said Green. "In today's world people are faster to grab a weapon and shoot at somebody than there are to pull over and talk about something."
Monday night when many people were on their way home from work a woman was shot and killed in her car.
Cars were at a standstill on I-24 from Montgomery County to Robertson County.
"It doesn’t really surprise me. Clarksville has grown exponentially in the last several years into words almost like Nashville. We’re having shootings almost every day," said Todd Dorion.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation telling us the victim was killed while driving her black Dodge Charger.
The shooting happened between 5:45 and 6 p.m. in the eastbound lanes between the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway and Maxey Road exits.
"Flat tire that is what you would worry about on the interstate, but being shot on the interstate, I mean yeah, there’s road rage incident every day, but the people just need to slow down first of all, pay attention, and be more careful, be kind," said Dorion.
Whatever the circumstances in this case, drivers say it shouldn't involve intentionally taking another life.
"When you’re driving down the road, there’s no point in shooting at each other because not all number one or number two because you take a risk in putting everybody else and dangerous well," Green said.
Details on the shooting are limited at this time, but the TBI is asking for anyone who may have seen any suspicious activity involving a black Charger to call 1-800-TBI-FIND.
