2-year-old shot to death in Tennessee identified

Authorities still searching for suspect

October 6, 2015 at 2:12 p.m. | Updated October 7, 2015 at 11:29 a.m.

by The Tennessean

Crime scene investigators stand outside the home in the 900 block of Princeton Drive on Monday after a shooting that left a 2-year-old dead and an adult in critical condition. Photo: RAY HOWZE/The Leaf-Chronicle
Crime scene investigators stand outside the home in the 900 block of Princeton Drive on Monday after a shooting that left a 2-year-old dead and an adult in critical condition. Photo: RAY HOWZE/The Leaf-Chronicle
photo Crime scene investigators stand outside the home in the 900 block of Princeton Drive on Monday after a shooting that left a 2-year-old dead and an adult in critical condition. Photo: RAY HOWZE/The Leaf-Chronicle

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Police are still searching for a suspect in a shooting that left a 2-year-old dead and put one adult male in the hospital Sunday.

Officers responded to a report of shots fired at 935 Princeton Dr. at 11:10 p.m. Sunday. After arriving at the scene, police used a K-9 unit to track the suspect, but were unable to locate the man.

Late this morning, CPD released the names of the two victims as 2-year-old Joseph Bankston and Brandon Jimenez, 22, both of Clarksville. The release from CPD said Jimenez is in critical but stable condition at Vanderbilt Medical Center.

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