A fatal dispute outside a Nashville lounge ended with a bullet piercing the metal exterior of a nearby Sam’s Club, striking and killing an uninvolved Frito-Lay employee who was working in the chip aisle, police said.
Authorities identified the victim as Paris Carlock, 55, of Murfreesboro. He was completing an early-morning product inventory near the center of the store shortly after 4 a.m. when he was hit in the head by the gunfire.
Sam’s Club employees quickly tried to help Carlock before he was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said.
A Metro Nashville Police vehicle is parked outside the Sam’s Club where Frito-Lay worker Paris Carlock was killed after a bullet penetrated the store’s wall. (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)
Detectives believe the shooting stemmed from an argument that started inside Lavo Lounge on Antioch Pike, located a short distance from the Sam’s Club.
Police said security removed the people involved from the lounge, but the dispute reportedly spilled outside and continued. Gunshots were heard as multiple vehicles left the area.
A bullet from gunfire on Antioch Pike pierced the metal side wall of a Sam’s Club and struck Paris Carlock as he conducted inventory inside, police said. (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)
One of those bullets pierced the Sam’s Club’s exterior wall and struck Carlock as he worked inside, police said.
The department described Carlock as an “innocent” victim.
Police said an argument began inside Lavo Lounge before spilling outside and ending in gunfire that killed an innocent Frito-Lay worker inside a nearby Sam’s Club. (Google Maps)
Homicide Unit detectives are pursuing leads, but police have not announced any arrests or released descriptions of the people or vehicles involved.
Anyone with information about the gunfire or the vehicles seen leaving the area is asked to call Nashville Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.
News Media reached out to Frito-Lay for comment.