MURFREESBORO, Tenn.
Man dies trying to save child
The cousin of an Alabama man killed in a drive-by shooting during a cookout in Murfreesboro says he was trying to save a child.
Deborah Tuma told The Daily News Journal that 51-year-old Mickey Simmons of Demopolis, Ala., was shot in the neck early Monday morning as about 30 people gathered outside her duplex for a post-wedding cookout.
Tuma says her home and a few cars also were shot as the guests were preparing to leave just after midnight. About 30 people, including 15 children, were at the event after a wedding in Nashville.
Murfreesboro police were investigating Monday afternoon.