1 dead, 1 critically injured after shooting outside nightclub in South Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — An 18-year-old is dead and a 20-year-old is in critical condition following an early morning shooting in South Nashville, officials said.

Officers responded to the scene at Bucanas Night Club around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, where two victims had been shot.

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A Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) release said Yasser Paz, 18, and Kyaw Naing, 20, were with two friends in the nightclub parking lot when a vehicle drove up beside them. Witnesses described the vehicle as a dark Chevrolet Suburban, officials said.

The release stated that multiple men then got out of the vehicle and began shooting at the victims.

Paz and Naing were transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where Paz died from his injuries and Naing remains in critical condition. The two additional people with Paz and Naing during the incident were not injured.

No additional details have been released. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463 .

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