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Dominique Pirtle, 17, was killed in West Nashville on Friday afternoon, May 6, 2022. He was with friends at the intersection of Elizabeth Jordan Street and Indiana Avenue helping with a flat tire when surveillance footage allegedly shows 15-year-old Lavell Newsome opening fire and striking Pirtle multiple times. Pirtle was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries.

Investigators say Newsome fled to a residence on Indiana Avenue, changed clothes, and called his mother, who is accused of assisting his departure. Newsome surrendered the next morning and was charged with criminal homicide in Juvenile Court. An arrest warrant was later issued for his 40-year-old mother, Sharon Newsome, for allegedly acting as an accessory after the fact. Police recovered a pistol believed to be the murder weapon from the Indiana Avenue home.

What does anyone who was in that area that afternoon or who knew Dominique or the people involved remember about the scene or the events leading up to the shooting?