🌱 Patch AM: Why a stray bullet at South Nashville Sam’s Club turned deadly

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In today's newsletter:

• Why a stray bullet at South Nashville Sam's Club turned deadly
• How a TV report finally fixed a blighted South Nashville property

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 92 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and warm, temps: high: 92, low: 72.
• Thursday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 93 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Frito-Lay worker killed by stray bullet at Nashville Sam's Club (wsmv.com) — A Frito-Lay worker was killed by a stray bullet inside the South Nashville Sam's Club early Sunday while stocking shelves, after gunfire erupted between two groups outside the neighboring Lavo nightclub on Antioch Pike. Shoppers returned Monday to see heightened security and repairs to the bullet-damaged wall, while Metro police continue searching for the shooter and PepsiCo offers condolences to the victim's family.
   

• After two decades of neglect, Nashville home gets new life weeks after 'Hannah Can Help' report (newschannel5.com) — A long-neglected Southwood Drive house in South Nashville has finally been sold and is now being fully rehabilitated after years of neighbor complaints, environmental court action, and a "Hannah Can Help" TV report. Nearby residents describe decades of overgrown grass, structural decay, and repeated Metro Codes cases, but say the new owner's restoration plans are transforming the one-acre property into a revived bungalow.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 8
• Batting Practice Experience →
  First Horizon Park, 19 Junior Gilliam Way, Nashville
  1:30 pm
• BHS boys and girls golf vs Franklin
  Brentwood High School Nashville Golf & Athletic Club, 1703 Crockett Springs Trail, Bre
  4:00 pm
• RHS - Golf vs Independence
  Ravenwood High School Nashville Golf & Athletic Club, 1703 Crockett Springs Trail, Bre
  4:00 pm
• Therapy 101 (Returning Participants) →
  Centerstone Nashville – White Avenue, 2400 White Avenue, Nashville
  4:00 pm
• BMS Girls Soccer at Heritage
  Brentwood Middle School Brentwood, TN 37027
  4:00 pm
• WMS-Girls Soccer @ FMS
  Woodland Middle School Freedom Middle School, 1000 Excellence Wy, Franklin, TN 37064
  4:00 pm
• WMS-Tennis @ GMS
  Woodland Middle School Grassland Middle School, 2390 Hillsboro Rd, Franklin, TN 37069\
  4:00 pm
• BMS Tennis vs Legacy
  Brentwood Middle School Brentwood, TN 37027
  4:00 pm
• SMS JV Football vs Thompson's Station
  Sunset Middle School Brentwood, TN 37027
  5:00 pm
• BHS varsity girls soccer vs Shelbyville--SR. NITE
  Brentwood High School , 5304 Murray Ln, Brentwood, TN 37027, US
  6:30 pm
• BMS JV Football at Home
  Brentwood Middle School Brentwood, TN 37027
  6:30 pm
• New Faces Night →
  The Basement, 1604 8th Ave S Ste 330, Nashville
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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• All 10 people escape massive Brentwood house fire that drew largest Williamson County response in years (newschannel5.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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