Tragedy struck a Nashville high school when a student was fatally shot in a drive-by incident after attending a football game with his younger brother. In a bid to find justice, Clay Travis has pledged to triple the reward for information leading to the perpetrator’s arrest.
The victim, 16-year-old Cameron Frierson, was gunned down in front of his brother Chris late on Friday night after they had watched a game at Pearl-Cohn High School. Authorities have launched a manhunt to apprehend his killer, according to WKRN.
Witnesses reported that the shots were fired from a white sedan with tinted windows. However, the motivation behind the shooting remains a mystery as investigations continue.
Cameron, who was a junior at Hunters Lane High School, succumbed to his injuries from the gunfire. His brother Chris fortunately escaped unharmed.
Brittany, Cameron’s mother, believes her son was tragically caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, expressing her grief over the senseless loss.
“It wasn’t over a girl. This wasn’t over any money. This was strictly these kids looking to harm someone,” she told WZTV.
“And they thought that someone that they were looking for were my children, and it wasn’t… You don’t have a right to take no one’s life. You don’t get that right.”
Frierson was rushed to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center – around two miles from where he was found – and later died of his injuries.
“My greatest fear in life has come true,” Brittany said, lamenting her teen son’s death.
READ MORE: England Drops Brydon Carse Amid Ongoing Nightclub Incident Probe Involving Police Handcuffs
“Cameron was just doing what so many high school students do on a Friday night, enjoying a football game, and in an instant our lives changed forever,” she said.
“Cameron was a bright, beaming light in all of our lives, and this loss has left us heartbroken and struggling to understand how to move forward without him.
“Cameron was also a hardworking teenager who was trying to work two jobs so he could buy his own clothes for back to school.
“That was the kind of child he was, determined, responsible, and willing to work hard for what he needed.
“He had so much life ahead of him, and remembering the effort he was making for himself makes this loss even more painful for all of us who loved him.”
Cops continue to hunt for the shooter – and a $5,000 reward has been offered by the Uvalde Foundation for Kids, a charity founded in response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting that saw 19 students killed.
Nashville native Clay Travis, who attended the same game as Frierson, on Monday vowed to add another $15,000 to the reward pot.
“There’s a $5,000 reward right now. I will make that a $20,000 reward. I will add $15,000 to anyone who is able to bring this killer to justice who killed this 16-year-old boy,” he said on X.
“Turn yourself in, we beg you to turn yourself in,” Cameron’s dad, who is also named Chris, said in a direct message to the shooter.