Saturday, August 20, 2011

Person of interest footage from shooting at Imperial Gardens Apts

Last night there was a shooting in Smyrna. Robin Garner of the Smyrna AM mentioned this on her Facebook, and in the comments it was reported that the SWAT was even called out due to the situation being dangerous. I received this video and hope it helps the police come to a successful end of this needless act of violence.
-Approx. 9:15 pm on Aug. 19, 2011, Smyrna Police responded to a shooting at Imperial Garden Apartments on 1 Imperial Blvd.
-Upon arrival, officers located 2 gunshot victims (one male/one female) and several witnesses. The victims were initially transported by paramedics to Stonecrest Medical Center and were later transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center. One victim was treated and released while the other victim was admitted overnight.
-Responding officers located a possible suspect in the nearby woods and he was taken into custody without incident. His name is Mark Jamal Metz (26) of Antioch and he is being charged with 3 counts of Attempted Murder. Metz's photo is attached.
-Officers located and collected 3 weapons believed to be connected to the incident.
-A witness discovered that he had been injured as well from a bullet fragment and that victim was transported to Stonecrest Medical Center as well. This victim was treated and released.
-Detectives believe two other suspects (black males) are currently at large and they should be considered armed and dangerous. These suspects may be driving a silver or gray small car, possibly a Nissan Sentra or Saturn. They may be wearing white shirts and dark-colored shorts and may be wearing a white ball cap or red or black bandana.
-A person of interest is a black male, wearing a white t-shirt and shorts with his hair pulled up on the rear of his head. He can be seen in the attached video from a surveillance camera.
-Anyone with information regarding this person of interest or this incident is asked to contact Detective Rick Hall of the Smyrna Police Department at (615) 267-5012.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are there any updates on this story? I haven't heard anything since Saturday when most new channels aired it.

Gunner said...

Nope. The other two are still on the loose and outside of the one captured originally the news is blank. I suspect that there is a lot of behind the scene movement we do not know of. I also wonder the reason that such a level of violence happened in Smyrna. We luckily are not a drive-by type of town.