Nashville Police Seek 2 In Antioch Shooting, Crash

ANTIOCH, TN — Two men ran from a shooting victim's vehicle after it crashed Saturday and police are now searching for the pair.

A Chevrolet Avalanche sideswiped one car and then careened into the parking lot of Quarters Inn and Suites on Bell Road around 11 a.m. Saturday, hitting five more vehicles. First responders found Demareus Merriweather, 26, unresponsive in the driver's seat. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)

Merriweather was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where doctors discovered he'd been shot in the torso. Merriweather later died at the hospital.

Detectives found two handguns inside the Avalanche, one of which was reported stolen from Rutherford County. Surveillance video from the hotel showed two men get out of the Avalanche once it had come to a stop and run towards Cane Ridge Road.

Anyone with information about Merriweather or who he was with before Saturday's crash is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.

Image via Metro Nashville Police