A 17-year-old was fatally shot on a Saturday afternoon in August 2023 at the McFerrin Community Center in East Nashville. Paul Nicholas Reed arrived at the community center in a vehicle with others; after time in the parking lot several people, including Reed, exited the car. Reed ran a short distance, collapsed, and was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he died on August 26, 2023. Reed was born September 18, 2005.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Homicide Unit identified a suspect and filed a Juvenile Court petition and an arrest order charging 15-year-old James Tremelle Johnson with criminal homicide and unlawful possession of a gun. Johnson surrendered to authorities at the East Precinct on the evening of August 30, 2023, brought in by a relative, and declined to be interviewed. The investigation into Reed’s death remained ongoing.

If anyone was at the McFerrin Community Center that afternoon or has information about what happened in the parking lot and field, please come forward with what was seen or heard.