A man was injured Monday night in a shooting near the 4500 block of Veterans Parkway by the Cloister neighborhood in Murfreesboro, and police spent hours afterward searching by air and ground for two suspects who fled the scene. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital, while officers shut down a stretch of roadway to process evidence.
Murfreesboro police officers were searching for two people connected with the shooting that injured the man, according to WKRN News 2. One suspect was reportedly wearing a black outfit, while the other was reportedly wearing gray clothing, the outlet reported, though no further descriptions have surfaced publicly.
Drones Scan the Sky Near Cloister Neighborhood
Both the Murfreesboro Police Department and the Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department deployed drone teams to search for the suspects from the air, per the same outlet's report. On the ground, westbound Veterans Parkway was closed while crime-scene technicians processed the area, with officials saying the closure would remain in place until that work was finished.
The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office and the Tennessee Highway Patrol assisted Murfreesboro police with the investigation, the station noted. The scale of the response — drones in the air, a major roadway closed, and multiple agencies on scene — underscored how seriously investigators treated the search for the two people believed to be involved.
Injury Severity and Arrests Still Unclear
Radio station WGNS reported separately that no arrests had been announced and that police continued searching for those responsible. The station also said authorities had not released information on the severity of the victim's injuries, leaving the extent of the harm he suffered unknown for now.
No further information was immediately released as of the latest report, according to the station's coverage. Anyone with information was asked to contact the Murfreesboro Police Department's non-emergency number at 615-893-1311.
Not the First Shooting Along the Corridor
Veterans Parkway has seen gunfire before. In 2020, the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office offered a reward of up to $26,000 for information leading to an arrest after a 42-year-old woman was shot while driving on the same roadway, according to a report from Fox 17, which said she suffered critical injuries. In a separate incident at a Murfreesboro hotel, authorities took two people into custody after a shooting left two others injured, WKRN reported in earlier coverage.
For now, Monday night's shooting near the Cloister neighborhood remains an open investigation, with the identities of the victim and the two suspects still undisclosed.
