Two-year-old Anthony Thorpe died after an accidental shooting inside an Oakwood Avenue apartment in Nashville. The boy was shot in the head on the night of November 1, 2021, after his father, Jeffery Thorpe, placed a firearm on a bed where Anthony was. While Jeffery was in the shower, the toddler picked up the gun and was fatally wounded.

Jeffery drove Anthony and the child’s mother, Aaliyah Scales, to Skyline Medical Center before fleeing the scene. Anthony was later transferred to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in extremely critical condition and died on November 6, 2021. Police sought Jeffery for questioning and noted he was wanted on an unrelated aggravated assault warrant.

A tip in May 2023 led to Jeffery Thorpe’s arrest after a brief pursuit. A grand jury indicted him on reckless homicide and felony child neglect in connection with Anthony’s death; additional charges include aggravated assault, theft, resisting arrest, and trespassing. Does anyone have information about the apartment, the timeline that night, or the family’s movements before the shooting?