MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (TCN) — Police believe a 24-year-old man shot and killed a 1-year-old and injured the child’s mother during a domestic violence incident.
On Sunday, Jan. 26, at 2:34 p.m., Murfreesboro Police Department officers responded to a shots fired call at the Chelsea Place Apartments. When they arrived, they found the 1-year-old who had been “shot multiple times.” Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services pronounced the infant deceased at the scene. Medics transported the child’s mother to the hospital for a gunshot wound to the hand.
Authorities later located the suspected shooter, Marquavious Hampton, deceased in Williamson County from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
In an update, police said an “apparent dispute over loud music may be the motive behind the fatal shooting.” Hampton allegedly “became angry due to loud music being played by the mother,” which resulted in an argument and physical altercation. Hampton reportedly shot at the child, who was in a stroller. The victim’s mother jumped in front of the stroller “trying to shield her baby,” and was struck in the hand as a result.
Murfreesboro Police issued a Be On the Lookout alert for Hampton, and a license plate reader traced him to Williamson County. Williamson County Sheriff’s Office deputies attempted a traffic stop, but Hampton got out of the car and fled on foot. According to the sheriff’s office, Hampton ran into a field as deputies chased after him. They reportedly “observed what appeared to be a firearm in the subject’s hand,” and right after that, he was found critically injured from a gunshot wound.
Hampton was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.