[h=2]She’s been charged with attempted murder, but her dad says she was acting in self-defense.[/h] By David Moye
A Nashville woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly shot at a homeless man who asked her to move her Porsche.
Police said 26-year-old Katie Quackenbush shot Gerald Melton, 54, during the early morning hours of Aug. 26.
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<figcaption class="image__caption"> Katie Quackenbush in a police photo. </figcaption>
</figure> The incident started around 3 a.m. when Melton was trying to sleep on the sidewalk.
He was disturbed by exhaust fumes and loud music coming from a Porsche SUV nearby, according to a release from the Metro Nashville Police Department.
Police said Melton asked the driver of the Porsche, later identified as Quackenbush, to move the vehicle. The two started arguing, “with both parties yelling at each other,” but eventually Melton walked back to where he had been attempting to sleep, police said.
Quackenbush allegedly got out of the Porsche with a gun and fired two shots at him, one of which hit Melton in the abdomen. She then fled the scene in her Porsche, according to the release. A police spokesman told HuffPost that Quackenbush was with another woman who is not facing charges in the case.
Melton was critically wounded and remains hospitalized at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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A Nashville woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly shot at a homeless man who asked her to move her Porsche.
Police said 26-year-old Katie Quackenbush shot Gerald Melton, 54, during the early morning hours of Aug. 26.
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<figcaption class="image__caption"> Katie Quackenbush in a police photo. </figcaption>
</figure> The incident started around 3 a.m. when Melton was trying to sleep on the sidewalk.
He was disturbed by exhaust fumes and loud music coming from a Porsche SUV nearby, according to a release from the Metro Nashville Police Department.
Police said Melton asked the driver of the Porsche, later identified as Quackenbush, to move the vehicle. The two started arguing, “with both parties yelling at each other,” but eventually Melton walked back to where he had been attempting to sleep, police said.
Quackenbush allegedly got out of the Porsche with a gun and fired two shots at him, one of which hit Melton in the abdomen. She then fled the scene in her Porsche, according to the release. A police spokesman told HuffPost that Quackenbush was with another woman who is not facing charges in the case.
Melton was critically wounded and remains hospitalized at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
