NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A homicide investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed at an East Nashville apartment complex Thursday night.

The shooting happened around 7 p.m. in a parking lot of the Berkshire Place Apartments on Porter Road.

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Porter Road shooting
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Metro police reported the victim — later identified as 18-year-old Omaran Starks — was sitting in a car in the parking lot when he was shot. Starks then tried to drive away and crashed into a fence. Officers found him in the driver’s seat suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

The 18-year-old was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he died from his injuries.

No additional information was immediately released.

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