Police investigate shooting at Nashville library that left 2 people wounded

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police on Thursday were investigating a shooting at a library that left two people wounded in Nashville.

FILE – The Nashville, Tenn., skyline is seen on July 11, 2022. Tennessee is facing its first court challenge Wednesday, Aug 9, 2023, over a congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year’s elections, a move that the plaintiffs say has unconstitutionally diluted the power of Black voters and other communities of color. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Preliminary information showed that one person was shot inside the north Nashville library and another person was shot outside the building, said Brooke Reese, a public information officer for the Metro Nashville Police Department.

The person shot outside the library was hit in the foot and the wound was not considered life-threatening, Reese said. The condition of the person shot inside the library was not immediately known.

Police were searching for a suspect in the afternoon shooting, Reese said.

“This appears to be people that knew each other; that possibly had some kind of altercation or disagreement,” Reese said.

In February, police officer Geoffrey Redd was fatally shot inside a library in Memphis. The man who shot Redd was then killed by another officer.

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