an apparent hit early this morning. AWP FILE PHOTO
BREAKING NEWS: MONEY SHOT
Commissioner wounded in 'botched hit'
By R.E. Porter, Associated Web Press
NFFA commissioner William D. Money was wounded early this morning in what police have termed "a botched hit," the AWP has learned.
According to police reports, Money was leaving The Alley Cat in East Nashville's Five Points area with a friend at approximately 1:45 a.m. today when a large man wearing a Mexican wrestling mask confronted the pair in a parking lot shared by several Five Points nightspots.
The report stated that according to Money's friend, the masked man approached them and asked, "Are you Commissioner Money?" When Money responded affirmatively, the man pulled a pistol from his coat pocket and fired point blank at the commissioner's head. Money fell to the ground and the attacker ran down the alley toward Russell St.
Fortunately for the commissioner, the bullet only grazed his cheek. He was treated at an area hospital and released at 4:07 a.m. The gunman remains at large.
According to the officer in charge of the investigation, Lt. Fred Murphy, Money's friend gave them a detailed description of the masked man and said she thought she had seen him before. Murphy said there are at least two persons of interest.
"While this looks like a planned hit, it was definitely not the work of professionals," Murphy said. "I bet the gunman closed his eyes when he pulled the trigger. Either way, that Commissioner Money is one lucky bastard."
More to come as this breaking story develops.
According to police reports, Money was leaving The Alley Cat in East Nashville's Five Points area with a friend at approximately 1:45 a.m. today when a large man wearing a Mexican wrestling mask confronted the pair in a parking lot shared by several Five Points nightspots.
The report stated that according to Money's friend, the masked man approached them and asked, "Are you Commissioner Money?" When Money responded affirmatively, the man pulled a pistol from his coat pocket and fired point blank at the commissioner's head. Money fell to the ground and the attacker ran down the alley toward Russell St.
Fortunately for the commissioner, the bullet only grazed his cheek. He was treated at an area hospital and released at 4:07 a.m. The gunman remains at large.
According to the officer in charge of the investigation, Lt. Fred Murphy, Money's friend gave them a detailed description of the masked man and said she thought she had seen him before. Murphy said there are at least two persons of interest.
"While this looks like a planned hit, it was definitely not the work of professionals," Murphy said. "I bet the gunman closed his eyes when he pulled the trigger. Either way, that Commissioner Money is one lucky bastard."
More to come as this breaking story develops.
