Donzell Lamar Young Jr., a 33-year-old male, died in Nashville, Tennessee, in the early hours of March 31, 2026, after a confrontation outside the Rodeway Inn on Briley Parkway turned deadly. Police said Young had been visiting the motel when an argument broke out in the parking lot just after midnight. What began as a dispute escalated into gunfire, and Young was struck in the chest.
When officers arrived at the motel, they found Young suffering from the gunshot wound.
He was taken to Skyline Medical Center, but the injury was fatal, and he later died there. Early reports described the case as a homicide investigation, with detectives working to determine who fired the shot and what led to the argument outside the motel.
Young was later identified publicly by Metro Police as the man killed in the shooting. Funeral and memorial information listed his full name as Donzell Lamar Young Jr. and showed that he was born on August 6, 1992, and died on March 31, 2026. His final arrangements were handled through Gus Thornhill’s Funeral Home in East Point, Georgia, with visitation and services scheduled in April 2026.
One arrest was reported in connection with the case, but not for the shooting itself. Jerica Taylor, 28, was charged with evidence tampering after police said she admitted removing Young’s belongings from her motel room after the shooting. She was reported to be jailed on a $5,000 bond. Authorities did not identify her as the shooter in the available reports, and the public details did not indicate that a murder charge had been filed against her.
As of the available online reporting, investigators had not publicly named a suspected gunman or announced an arrest for homicide. The case remained centered on the fatal argument in the motel parking lot, the evidence-tampering charge involving Taylor, and the unanswered question of who pulled the trigger that ended Young’s life.
