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Toddler killed, adult critically injured in Clarksville shooting
Posted: Oct 05, 2015 2:22 AM PST
Updated: Oct 05, 2015 3:59 PM PST
CLARKSVILLE, TN (WSMV) -
The search continues for the gunman who killed a 2-year-old boy and critically injured an adult man in Clarksville.
Police were called out to the 900 block of Princeton Drive just after 11 p.m. Sunday.
According to officers, 2-year-old Joseph Bankston was at was at home with his grandmother, mother, her boyfriend and Joseph’s 1-year-old sister when the shooting happened.
Candace Johnson, a neighbor and Joseph’s babysitter, told Channel 4 she received a frantic call from the grandmother telling her to call 911. She said someone knocked on the door, broke in and started shooting.
“She just called me and she was yelling, telling me to call 911,” Johnson said. “I called 911, and she told me Joseph had been shot.
Johnson said Joseph was shot in the head and killed. His mother’s boyfriend was also shot. He was flown to Vanderbilt in critical condition.
Neighbors said there are a lot of children and some military families in the neighborhood.
"I'm like, who could it be, you know? I think that car drives around here a few times and if someone had maybe turned him in or said something weird was going on before, it wouldn't have happened," said neighbor Jennifer Marchisio.
Police told Channel 4 they need the public’s help in finding Joseph’s killer, who remains on the run.
“If anybody knows anything, please come forward,” Johnson said. “He doesn’t deserve to die that way.”
The suspected gunman is described as a black man who was wearing a long black coat with a hood and a gray checkered shirt. He was driving a maroon Chevrolet Impala.
Toddler killed, adult critically injured in Clarksville shooting
Posted: Oct 05, 2015 2:22 AM PST
Updated: Oct 05, 2015 3:59 PM PST
CLARKSVILLE, TN (WSMV) -
The search continues for the gunman who killed a 2-year-old boy and critically injured an adult man in Clarksville.
Police were called out to the 900 block of Princeton Drive just after 11 p.m. Sunday.
According to officers, 2-year-old Joseph Bankston was at was at home with his grandmother, mother, her boyfriend and Joseph’s 1-year-old sister when the shooting happened.
Candace Johnson, a neighbor and Joseph’s babysitter, told Channel 4 she received a frantic call from the grandmother telling her to call 911. She said someone knocked on the door, broke in and started shooting.
“She just called me and she was yelling, telling me to call 911,” Johnson said. “I called 911, and she told me Joseph had been shot.
Johnson said Joseph was shot in the head and killed. His mother’s boyfriend was also shot. He was flown to Vanderbilt in critical condition.
Neighbors said there are a lot of children and some military families in the neighborhood.
"I'm like, who could it be, you know? I think that car drives around here a few times and if someone had maybe turned him in or said something weird was going on before, it wouldn't have happened," said neighbor Jennifer Marchisio.
Police told Channel 4 they need the public’s help in finding Joseph’s killer, who remains on the run.
“If anybody knows anything, please come forward,” Johnson said. “He doesn’t deserve to die that way.”
The suspected gunman is described as a black man who was wearing a long black coat with a hood and a gray checkered shirt. He was driving a maroon Chevrolet Impala.
