Alan Howard, 63, was fatally shot in the chest inside a vehicle on Fain Street in South Nashville on May 23, 2024. Responding officers found Howard with a chest wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Thirty-year-old Timothy Gibbons Jr. was present when police arrived and admitted to being the shooter. Gibbons told detectives he and Howard had been drinking together since the previous night and that the pair entered a friend’s vehicle after that friend arrived. Gibbons said Howard became aggressive inside the car and struck him with fists and open hands; Gibbons then said he pulled out a semi-automatic pistol and, while chambering a round with his finger on the trigger, the gun discharged and struck Howard. After the shooting Gibbons exited the vehicle and told a family member to call police. The friend whose vehicle it was was not at the scene when officers arrived.

Gibbons was arrested and charged with criminal homicide, and a judicial commissioner set bond at $75,000 as the investigation continues. If anyone witnessed the interaction in the vehicle or has information about what led up to the shooting, please come forward.