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| Former NFFA commissioner Bill Money remains hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Vanderbilt Medical Center following an attempt on his life Friday evening. |
By R.E. Porter
Associated Web Press
U.S. Senate candidate and East Nashville Black Dogs owner Bill Money, who was the victim of an assassination attempt last Friday evening in Livingston, Tennessee, slipped into a coma late last night after learning his team had lost to the Pie Town Ballers.
According to Dr. Lionel Godwin who performed life-saving surgery on Money early Saturday morning, the prospects for the former NFFA commissioner are growing worse with each passing day. “I think losing to the Ballers was just too much for Mr. Money,” Godwin said. “To be honest, it was surprising he lived through the surgery, considering how severe his wounds were. Not many people survive being shot in the heart multiple times at pointblank range. His will to survive is probably the only thing keeping him alive.”
According to the candidate’s daughter Cassandra “Cash” Money, London Bakers owner QCurl Sharif, who has been recovering from an attempt on his own life, arrived at Vanderbilt Medical Center midmorning and has been at her father’s bedside ever since. “QCurl is the coma whisperer, you know,” she said late this afternoon by cell phone.
In another development, authorities have identified the shooter as "Little Tussie" Crenshaw. Crenshaw, who escaped in the chaos immediately after the shooting, is the subject of a massive, multi-state manhunt being coordinated by the FBI. An all-points bulletin released earlier today describes Little Tussie as a 50-year-old, petite white woman, approximately 5 feet tall, with brown eyes and brunette hair styled in a pixie cut. She is considered armed and dangerous.
According to Livingston police chief Bubba Johnson, Crenshaw has a criminal record, but “nothing serious.” Speaking at a press conference on the steps of the Overton County Courthouse this morning, Johnson said Crenshaw was arrested in the spring of 2016 on three counts of petty theft. “Little Tussie was arrested for stealing some Bernie Sanders yard signs from the lawns of three of Sanders’ local supporters in May of 2016,” he said. “She was sentenced to a year's probation and had to pay for the replacement of the yard signs.”
Regarding Crenshaw’s motive for shooting Money, Johnson said it was unclear if the assassination attempt was due to Money's close relationship with the Vermont senator or something else.
Captain Victor Washington of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, who was also at the press conference, said the TBI has set up a special tip line for anyone with information about Crenshaw. ‘We ask anyone who sees Little Tussy to call 800-LILTUSS. That's 8-0-0-L-I-L-T-U-S-S. If you see Little Tussie, call the tip line and do not engage with her under any circumstances. There is no telling what she might do.”
Livingston resident Durwood Wilson, who went to high school with the shooter, told WKRN, “Little Tussie has always been a little crazy, if you know what I mean, but I never thought she would get violent — she’s so small.” Wilson paused in thought, then added, “You think you know someone, but you never really do for sure.”
More on this story as it develops.
