Just another faux Nashville nasty tricking the world that they sing about loving thy neighbor? Did Katie Layne Quackenbush,
26 leave the scene where she shot a homeless man so she could sober up?
More links about her at the end of the articles
More links about her at the end of the articles
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Aspiring singer, 26, is charged with attempted murder of homeless man, 54, who she shot twice after claiming he threatened her life as she sat in her Porsche SUV
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Porsche Driving Wannabe Country Singer Shot Homeless Man
Katie Layne Quackenbush moved to Nashville to become a musician, but cops say she put two bullets in man’s stomach after an argument over her luxury car.
A Tennessee woman arrested Monday for allegedly shooting a homeless man after he asked her to move her Porsche from his sleeping area has a violent past.Katie Layne Quackenbush is accused of shooting Gerald Melton on Aug. 26 after the two argued over where she parked in Nashville. Melton had been sleeping on a sidewalk when he “became disturbed by exhaust fumes and loud music” from Quackenbush’s car at 3 a.m., according to Nashville police. The two allegedly began arguing when Melton asked that the vehicle be moved.
Melton left the area and did not block Quackenbush from leaving, according to the police affidavit. The two began arguing again when he returned to the spot where he had been trying to sleep, police said. This time Quackenbush allegedly got out of her car with a gun and fired two shots before getting back in her car and leaving.
Melton, 54, remains hospitalized after being shot twice in the abdomen.
This isn’t Quackenbush’s first run-in with the law. Quackenbush was arrested on misdemeanor domestic violence-related assault charges in Texas in 2013 that were later dismissed. Quackenbush was arrested last December for striking a woman in the head with a drinking glass and charged with misdemeanor assault, according to court documents.
Quackenbush’s father, Jesse Quackenbush told The Daily Beast that she was acting in self defense after Melton “accosted” his daughter and her friend and threatened to kill them.
Quackenbush had been out with a friend in downtown Nashville, who was an “eyewitness to this event,” Jesse said. Since the friend’s car was parked about six blocks away from the club they were at, Quackenbush offered to drop the friend off at her car.
They continued to talk in Quackenbush’s car when Melton began “screaming and yelling” explicit threats “at the top of his lungs” and threatened to kill the two women, Jesse said. Melton then allegedly walked away to begin yelling at another group of girls nearby.
After Melton walked away, Jesse said his daughter took out her gun to escort the friend to her car. When Quackenbush walked around her car Melton allegedly began to “accost” her again. She then told Melton twice that she had a gun and to stay away.
“He kept coming at her and increasing the volume of his voice and she thought what she thought was a warning shot would make him run away,” Jesse said. “She purposefully aimed away from him but unfortunately she hit him. And he kept coming so she shot again, again a warning shot, down at a downward trajectory and thinking that would scare him away.”
Jesse said his daughter “closed her eyes when she shot both times.”
Melton allegedly continued to come at the Quackenbush so she got back inside her car and drove away. He said his daughter turned herself in and has been cooperating with police since the incident.
“She was merely trying to defend herself,” Jesse said. “She wasn’t trying to hurt anyone to begin with, especially not trying to kill someone.”
Jesse said Quackenbush is the single mother of a 5-year old son and moved to Nashville to launch her career as a musician.
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Surveillance video where homeless man was shot shows potential witnesses
Posted: Sep 12, 2017 5:43 PM CST Updated: Sep 12, 2017 5:55 PM CSTThe video, recorded on Aug. 26 starting at 3 a.m., shows Chet Atkins Place and its cross street, 19th Avenue South.
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| Katie Layne Quackenbush ( Bad Girl?) _Source- Metro Nashville PD |
Metro police report at 901 19th Avenue South, on that same date and time, 26-year-old Katie Quackenbush shot 54-year-old Gerald Melton twice in the stomach.
Police said Quackenbush, charged with attempted murder, got into an argument with Melton.
The surveillance video shows at roughly 3:19 a.m., a fire truck rushes to the scene followed by several Metro police cruisers.
But the video shows in the minutes before police arrive, two people can be seen walking directly from the location of the shooting, and another man can be seen walking down Chet Atkins Place.
Several cars also drive in that area at the same time, all indicating there could be several witnesses to corroborate either Quackenbush or Melton’s versions of what happened.
Metro police confirm that another witness working security in that area alerted investigators to the shooting.
The I-Team has also obtained video of Melton, recorded in December 2016. In the video, Melton is seen playing a guitar and singing.
The video was made by Music Row veteran Sharon Corbitt-House, who started a Youcaring page to help Melton.
“He lived in the parking lot behind our building for about a year,” Corbitt-House said. “I had no clue that he was as talented as he was.”
That Youcaring page did raise more than $2,000 that Corbitt-House said helped Melton to move into temporary housing on Murfreesboro Road. But not long after, he was back living on the streets of Music Row.
“Did you ever find him to be volatile? Did you ever find him to be a person that would get angry quickly?” the I-Team asked.
“I never experienced it,” Corbitt-House said. “I had a heard a couple of people had had incidents with him where he raised his voice and had gotten angered.”
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Woman charged in shooting of homeless man
Posted: Sep 11, 2017 9:27 PM CST Updated: Sep 11, 2017 9:27 PM CSTNASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) -
Metro police have charged a woman with attempted murder for allegedly shooting a homeless man near Music Row last month.
Police say the victim, 54-year-old Gerald Melton, was trying to sleep on the sidewalk in the 900 block of 19th Avenue South around 3 a.m. when he noticed exhaust fumes and loud music coming from an SUV.
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| Katie Layne Quackenbush _Source- Metro Nashville PD |
Melton said he walked back to where he was sleeping when police say Quackenbush got out of the SUV armed and fired two shots at Melton.
Melton suffered a critical abdomen wound and remains hospitalized at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Quackenbush’s bond is set at $25,000.
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