A 16-year-old named Alexander Lara Delgado was shot and killed in the early hours of January 7, 2023, in South Nashville. The teen was found by officers in the driver’s seat of his vehicle after it crashed into an IHOP at the Nolensville Pike and Harding Place intersection; he had suffered a gunshot wound to the head and later died at a hospital. A loaded pistol was recovered from the floorboard of his car.

Investigators say the sequence began at a Nolensville Pike gas station, where a silver Acura MDX struck Delgado’s car and left. Delgado pursued the Acura and reportedly fired at it before driving away. The Acura’s driver then chased Delgado; during that pursuit the Acura’s driver allegedly opened fire, striking Delgado’s vehicle and fatally wounding him. Damage was reported to the rear passenger window and back windshield.

Detectives later accessed video on Delgado’s phone that showed the other vehicle and its license plate, and a passenger from the Acura — later located in Georgia — provided a key witness lead. On November 8, 2023, Henry C. Fletcher Jr., 39, was arrested and charged with criminal homicide and booked into the Metro Nashville jail with bond set at $150,000. Alexander’s family has been described as grieving and seeking justice.

If anyone witnessed the crash, the pursuit, or the events at the gas station that night, can you share what you saw?