One dead after shooting in Martin bar
UPDATE (1/8/2024): Martin Police arrest 2nd suspect in Cadillac’s Bar shooting
UPDATE (1/5/24): Man arrested in connection to shooting death at bar
EARLIER STORY:
MARTIN, TENN– Authorities are investigating a shooting in a college town bar that left one dead.
Martin police department responded to a shooting at the Cadillac’s bar, in Martin, Saturday night around 1 in the morning that left one dead.
We spoke with Angel Navarrete, who was in the bar Saturday night and witnessed the shooting and the panic that ensued.
“I was standing there by the pool tables and we were about to go check out the dance floor area and as we started walking to the double doors to get in all you hear is five or so gunshots pop off,” Angel Navarrete, witness of the incident, says.
Navarrete told us he believes the shooting happened near the dance floor area of the bar.
After the gunshots, he says the bar went into a panic.
“Next thing you see is the whole bar freaking out, yelling, running out of every door. Really didn’t know what to do most of the people just laid down, hid behind some pool tables,” he says.
As people attempted to escape the bar, Navarrete said the exits became chaotic.
“People that were just hiding got trampled on. It was a good pileup of at least fifty people I’d say that were just getting stampeded on, crying. Everyone was freaking out,” Navarrete says.
Navarrete said his initial reaction to the gunshots inside the bar was the thought of a mass shooting.
“At first I thought it was kind of a mass shooting area with all the crazy things you see nowadays. I didn’t think it was just a one on one thing,” he says.
After people ran out of the bar, they met with police outside and informed them someone had been shot.
“Next thing you know there’s about 10 or 12 cops running out with all their pistols out surrounding the bar area,” he adds.
According to a news release from the Martin Police Department, 19-year-old Cameron Houston from Union City was found suffering multiple gunshot wounds and was transferred to the Volunteer Community Hospital.
Later, he died of his injuries, at this time the Martin Police Department have made no arrests and are still looking for a suspect.
