David M. Valentine Jr., 33, was shot and killed in Nashville in the early morning hours of Sunday, January 4, 2026. Valentine, a DoorDash driver from Bolivar, Tennessee, had just completed a delivery and was driving with a female passenger in his Chevrolet Traverse on Murfreesboro Pike at about 4 a.m. As they passed a nightclub in the 800 block, gunfire erupted; the passenger realized Valentine had been struck, pulled the vehicle to the curb and called for help. He was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and was pronounced dead.

Metro Nashville Police investigators determined Valentine was an innocent victim of the shooting. Detectives learned a group had been ejected from the nightclub shortly before the shots, released surveillance images of three people, and later identified a suspect. Police allege that a 21-year-old, Atirahs Hogan, fired from a vehicle while leaving the area and that one of the rounds struck Valentine. Hogan was arrested and charged with criminal homicide and felony reckless endangerment, with bond set at $520,000.

If anyone witnessed the shooting that night or has additional information about the people ejected from the nightclub, please share what is known.