AT APPROXIMATELY 7:40 IN THE EVENING, MARQUIS WILKERSON WAS  PLAYING FOOTBALL WITH SOME FRIENDS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 9TH AVE. NORTH AND  COFFEE STREET, WHEN A NUMBER OF SHOTS WERE FIRED FROM A NEARBY ALLEYWAY. MARQUIS AND HIS FRIENDS RAN FOR COVER BUT MARQUIS WAS HIT BY A BULLET IN THE  MIDDLE OF THE BACK.  HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. POLICE DO NOT FEEL  THAT...MARQUIS WAS THE INTENDED TARGET BUT THAT HE WAS AN INNOCENT VICTIM THAT WAS TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM THE GUNFIRE.  POLICE WANT TO GET THE GUNMAN OFF THE STREET AS SOON AS THEY CAN BECAUSE HE  FIRED 17 ROUNDS IN A CROWDED RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH A HIGH POWERED RIFLE.  THE GUNMAN WAS ONLY DESCRIBED AS A FIGURE DRESSED IN DARK CLOTHING.

 Police have identified the woman found beaten to death inside a north Nashville
home Monday morning. The medical examiner used fingerprint analysis
Tuesday to identify the woman as 51-year-old Rosalyn Williams Police
found Williams' body at a vacant house located at 1817 15th Avenue North, after
receiving a tip from an anonymous caller around 4:30 a.m. Monday. Investigators told  News 2 the home has been vacant for about three  months. Williams was last known to live in north Nashville. 
Police believe she died from an apparent blunt force trauma to her head.
 This isn't the first time a body has been found in a vacant home in the  neighborhood.

 Metro police need help solving a murder case at an apartment complex in East Nashville. The man was killed during a fight in broad daylight. Someone may be able to identify the suspect because he was hurt in the  fight.Antoni Morton was shot and killed at the Berkshire Apartments at 1500 Porter Road. He lived in Building Y with his girlfriend."It is believed that he went into the apartment, was there for a few minutes and then upon leaving was possibly confronted by the suspect," said Metro detective Jeannine Hale.Police say a short time later Morton's girlfriend heard a gunshot and opened the door.She saw Morton and another man fighting in the breezeway. Witnesses overheard him say call the police. I'm being robbed," Hale  said. Police said Morton's girlfriend slammed the door and called 911.When officers arrived they found Morton bleeding from a gunshot wound. Paramedics rushed him to a nearby hospital where he died.Witnesses told police they saw the gunman jump into a small, black, two-door car. A man was driving."We're not sure exactly what his  involvement was or if he was even aware that a robbery had taken place," Hale  said. So, police are hoping he'll come forward. Police said the suspect  was hurt in the fight.  He had a large bump on his forehead. Police said  it's important to get this man off the street. "He got into an
altercation, fired a weapon," Hale said. "He's killed an individual someone has
died at his hands and he needs to be brought in."
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 A family in North Nashville is speaking out about the unsolved murder of
their son. He was killed almost two years ago after an argument. 27-year-old Demetrius Riley was gunned down in the middle of a street. The victim's mother and father spoke to NewsChannel 5 about their quest for  justice in the case. Rodney and Cora Riley miss their son. "It  hurts. I mean it hurts every day. I had to see a psychiatrist and  everything because I couldn't deal with it it's something I still can't you  know," said Cora.Someone gunned down and killed Demetrius Riley on  Richmond Hill Drive in October 2009. It happened in the middle of the afternoon
just a few minutes after Rodney and Cora had talked to him. They had  left him at his girlfriend's house and expected to see him later. "We drove off and get to the house and I put my key in the door and got a phone call  and said you need to get back over there as soon as possible because your son  just got killed," said Rodney. "His friend said he was getting ready to  go and when he made it down, halfway down the street he said he heard some  gunshots and he turned around and he said D was laying across the street," Cora  explained. Metro Police say the 27-year-old had been in an argument with  several men. Witnesses told police they chased him before shooting him. His parents said he was shot 5 times. "I don't know what happened. He didn't
say anybody was after him. I don't know," Cora said.

"It happened around
2 or 2:30 in the afternoon. Somebody saw something. Whatever the little bit they
saw could help," Rodney added.

Police said three people were involved,
but so far there have been no arrests. Rodney and Cora are taking care of
Demetrius' son. He was born after the murder.

His name is Justice, in
memory of his father.

Demetrius' mother said she wants her son's killers
to get the death penalty. His father said life in jail will suffice as long as
the men responsible are off the street.

North Precinct and Gang Unit detectives continue to investigate he circumstances surrounding Sunday afternoon’s gunfight in the 3000 block of Brick  Church Pike that claimed the lives of convicted felons Jeremy Frelix, 22, and  Steven Kimbro, 23. Kimbro was driving a Toyota sedan with at least one  passenger, convicted felon Christopher Bridges, 20, of Chesapeake Drive. Kimbro  was 
at the Citgo at 3050 Brick Church Pike when the gunfire erupted at 12:30 p.m. Frelix was fatally shot in the parking lot where  he died. Wounded, Kimbro drove off and crashed a short time later into the side of the Dollar General Store across the street. Kimbro died on the
scene. Bridges was transported by personal vehicle to Baptist Hospital with a
gunshot wound to his hand. North Precinct officers recovered two guns in the
area.

South Precinct detectives late Thursday night arrested 18-year-old Montavis
Woodard for Monday night’s murder of Ron Christopher Poullard at Poullard’s 308  Plus Park Boulevard apartment. 
Investigation by Detectives Corey Wall
and Derry Baltimore led to the identification of Woodard, who lives on Pennock   Avenue, as a suspect. During an interview last night, Woodard admitted that he participated in a burglary of Poullard’s apartment to find illegal drugs. Poullard came home and exchanged shots with one of the burglars. Poullard was  hit in the abdomen and died at the scene.

The man fatally shot Saturday night in his car at the intersection of Neill Avenue and Smiley Street is identified as Reginald Witherspoon, 23, of Marina Street. The investigation indicates that Witherspoon pulled up to three young black men on Smiley Street at around 8:30 p.m. According to a witness, one of the three entered Witherspoon's vehicle while the other two walked away Witherspoon drove back down Smiley Street and stopped at the Neill Avenue
intersection. When Witherspoon stopped, it is believed the two individuals who
had earlier walked away started shooting into the driver's side of the car. The
passenger is also believed to have fired as he got out of the vehicle. When the
shooting stopped, all three subjects ran from  the area.

NASHVILLE,
Tenn. - A Nashville woman was shot to death inside her home near the Tennessee
State Fairgrounds. 
Metro police said 30-year-old Tameka Vines'
6-year-old daughter found her body Wednesday morning. Vines' 11-year-old
daughter was also inside the home on Magnolia Road. Police are looking for a person of interest, but they haven't released a name. Vines'  relatives are still in shock abou.t the murder in South Nashville's Vine Hill development. They said the single mother of two worked hard. "Her daughter came in saying she was in a lot of blood," said Jameia Moon, a cousin. "I just ran out the house. I'm running through the backyard calling 911." Moon said after entering the she saw a blanket covered Vines' body. Moon said she lay in a pool of blood with a gunshot in her head. "Tamika was
such a sweet person, I couldn't think of any reason to kill her like that," said
Dannanna Morency, an aunt. "It doesn't appear they have any knowledge
or that they witnessed the shooting," said Metro police spokeswoman Kristin
Mumford. "Just simply the 6-year-old walked in and found her mother." 
No one heard a gunshot, only a loud thud that startled Vines' older child. 
"Her daughter was asleep and she said she heard a loud noise and thought it
was in her dream," Moon said. "She said it sounded like a cabinet closing."
Vines' family doesn't feel this was a random shooting "The way her
body was covered up, it seems like it was someone that knew her," Morency
said.  Despite it being a relatively safe neighborhood, at least one of
Vines' neighbors said she wants to move."I'm ready to go," Lisa Lowery
said. "I don't want to stay here no more. Just too much going on."  Vines moved to Nashville from Chattanooga about a year ago. Her family
said she wanted a new start. They said she had a new job and was active in her
church.

Her daughters will stay her aunt until other relatives arrive.
The oldest girl will probably go with her grandmother, while the youngest will
go with her father, who has joint custody.

 A Teenager is pleading with his community to help solve the murder of his cousin who was murdered in Edgehill earlier this week. Michael  Lavender, 17, is learning a tough lesson about gun violence.Police said his cousin, 25-year-old Matthew Hailey, was gunned down just before 8 p.m. Tuesday, and so far they have no leads. "He was shot eight times, like a dog, like nobody cared nothing about him... It couldn't be an accident.  It had to be a grudge because he was shot eight times," said Lavender.
 Officers arrived on the scene to find Hailey dead on the front porch of an apartment. Police said he was shot down in the middle of the street in the 1400 block of 11th Avenue South and then tried to run to a nearby house for help. Witnesses reported seeing two young men running from the scene. Hailey's family believes someone out there has more information but may be scared to come forward. "I think somebody knows something, and seen something.  They just don't want to speak up about the situation, and I would love for them to call to let somebody know something, so it can be solved," said  Lavender. Hailey's family said there is a "no snitching" culture among
young people in the neighborhood, but they want to send a message that the
violence has to stop and cooperation with police is a must. "Instead
of picking up guns and knives and stuff... Maybe we can talk everything out,"
Lavender said.

The woman found shot to death
Wednesday night in an overgrown lot on Wickson Avenue in the Woodbine area has been identified as 27-year-old Allison Monique Davis. Metro police said
Davis had been dead for several days when her body was discovered around 5:30 p.m She carried no identification and was identified through her fingerprints Earlier this year, Davis lived in the Madison area but  her family didn't know where she had recently been staying. Detectives
are pursuing leads as the investigation into her death continues.