3 men dead, 1 critical after bloody morning | Nashville Tennessean

[Ediacara]

3 men dead, 1 critical after bloody morning


GEORGE WALKER IV / STAFF
The body of Jerry Lam, the last of the
four gunshot victims to be discovered,
was found behind the former Nasco Inc.
consumer textile plant near Second Avenue
and Oak Street.


Donnie Wilks, Steve Head, Paul Long


By KELLI SAMANTHA HEWETT
Staff Writer
By PATRICIA LYNCH KIMBRO
of Middle Tennessee Community Newspapers

SPRINGFIELD — The truck screeched out of Steve Head's Bluebird Drive driveway and slammed on the brakes a few yards away in front of F.S. Jones' house. The driver was frantic.

''He said, 'Call 911, Mr. Head has been shot in the head!' '' said Jones, who had been standing at her glass door.

''I didn't see anything, I didn't hear anything,'' said an amazed Jones, who didn't recognize the driver.

In the next three hours, three more Springfield businessmen would be shot — leaving three dead and a fourth clinging to life after one of the worst series of crimes in the area.

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[Bunny]

1. Weird story.

Any further details on the connection between the victims, any motive, etc.?

[whistle]

2. Remember the Watergate buglary...

...one of these days a story will break that has no relevancy to anything at first, but then if some gutsy reporters smell a story, well watch out.:nuke:

[Duck90MPH]

3. A good time to jump on gun control for TN?

Would it be wrong to play this up as a gun control issue? Remember TN in 2000 was a big gun issue state. Is it time to stigmatize guns there and neutralize the issue for presidential politics?

[Crachet2004]

5. Gun control is dead forever, may it RIP.

Al Gore couldn't even carry Tennessee because of it.

If anything, proponents of national gun control should ease off, because what legislation that HAS been passed, can be repealed.

That is the most likely outcome of beating this dead horse...and we will lose still more elections!

Enough with the gun control!

[flamingyouth]

4. What a creepy story, DinoBoy

I hope we will hear more about this. Horrible tale.

[rocktivity]

6. A business deal gone south?

The shooting victims were:

• ...co-owner of Springfield Golf Club...

• ...car dealer and repair shop owner...

• ...a traveling pipe fitter and rental property owner...

• ...owner of Lam's Auto Sales...

I seriously doubt this is a serial or spree killing. Like Andrew Cunanan's victims, these people were targeted for a specific reason. Maybe they were involved in some kind of (real estate?) business with the killer that unraveled.

:headbang:
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