Detectives Pursuing Strong Leads in Friday Night Fatal Shooting January 15, 2022

Homicide Unit detectives are pursuing strong leads in Friday's 8 p.m. murder of Danny Dixon, 30, of Nashville, who was shot in a car outside the Stay Lodge at 1271 Antioch Pike.

The investigation shows that Dixon was sitting behind the wheel in a parked car when a man approached. They had brief words before the man shot Dixon in the leg, striking an artery. Dixon began driving away and fired back with his own gun. He made it to a nearby convenience market from where police were called.

The man who shot Dixon fled the motel property in a vehicle.

Detective Madison Meiss is leading this continuing investigation.