Memphis man dies in drug-related shooting in South Nashville

Portrait of Craig Shoup Craig Shoup
Nashville Tennessean

Nashville police are investigating a drug-related fatal shooting of a Memphis man in a parking lot on Hamilton Crossings Road in South Nashville.

Police said in a news release that London Montgomery, 23, was found with gunshot wounds in the driver's seat of a stolen vehicle after it crashed into a retaining wall around 10 p.m. Sunday.

Montgomery backed into a parking space next to a Jeep Grand Cherokee when one suspect got out of the Jeep and entered the vehicle Montgomery was in. A short time later, a second suspect briefly approached Montgomery in what police believe to be a robbery attempt.

Police said Montgomery began to drive off when one of the suspects fired several rounds, striking the man, who continued a short distance before crashing into a retaining wall.

Montgomery was taken to a local hospital where he died. The suspects fled the area.

Anyone with information on this homicide is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.