Paul Howell, 49, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died after being shot during a road rage incident on April 13, 2024. Howell and friends were riding motorcycles at the intersection of South Rutherford Boulevard and Southeast Broad Street when a small SUV’s driver opened fire on the group. Howell was taken to St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital and later died of his wounds; a second motorcyclist, 48, was shot in the arm and treated for nonfatal injuries.

The SUV’s driver was identified as 39-year-old Joseph Gann. He fled the scene but called 9-1-1 about 30 minutes later and turned himself in at a Murfreesboro Fire Rescue station. Gann was arrested and faces charges of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, and reckless endangerment. He is being held at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center on a $1,510,000 bond, and the case was bound over to a grand jury for review. The motive remains under investigation.

If anyone witnessed the shooting at South Rutherford Boulevard and Southeast Broad Street or has information about the events leading up to it, please share what is known with investigators.