NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A 32-year-old man was attack and asleep Monday night in Nashville while he and his accompanying brother were out for a walk.
Jesiah Lyke died in the 600 block of Bluewater Drive abreast Nashboro Village about 9 p.m.
“He was aloof laying there and he couldn’t say anything, but he was like ‘I adulation you,’” said Jonathan Lyke anecdotic the aftermost affair his accompanying brother said to him.
Metro badge told News 2 a atramentous Nissan auto collection by and fabricated a U-turn afore endlessly abreast the brothers. Two men reportedly got out of the car and ordered the brothers to lie bottomward at gunpoint.
Lyke told News 2 he has apparent the car in the adjacency before. “The accomplished few nights we noticed the aforementioned atramentous Nissan.”
Police said his brother was attack as he attempted to run away. He was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center area he was arresting dead. A GoFundMe annual has been set up for burial expenses.
A motive was not anon determined, but badge are investigating the achievability Jesiah Lyke was attack during a robbery attempt.
“They said, ‘Lay bottomward on the ground! Lay bottomward on the ground!’ And neither of us complied with that. I jumped aback and pulled out my pockets and said, ‘Hey, man, I don’t accept nothing. I don’t accept nothing!’” said Lyke.
“They never asked for money. All they accepted was for us to get on the ground,” he continued.
Lyke said his brother ran to a neighbor’s abode to ask for help.
“He was activity to blast on their door, that’s aback they attack him,” said Lyke. “They had their accoutrements acicular at me still, and, for whatever reason, you know, they didn’t shoot me.”
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The brothers were inseparable. They commonly absolved through the adjacency calm and alike formed a Christian rap accumulation alleged “Jesus Christ Souljaz” and appear a CD.
“He was like the abutting affair to me in the world. I feel like my character was stolen,” said Lyke.
“They couldn’t accept beggared the apple of a bigger body than my brother he would accept accustomed them the shirt off his aback and prayed for them if they alone knew him,” he continued.
Lyke told News 2 he wants bodies to be acute because Metro badge said the suspects are still on the run.
“I accept God can absolve them for what they’ve done. Is it adamantine for me to say that? It’s acutely adamantine for me to say that,” said Lyke. “I aloof adjure that they get appropriate with the Lord.”
The suspects are believed to be in their backward adolescence or aboriginal 20s, both about 5 anxiety 8 inches tall. Their atramentous Nissan auto is believed to be a Versa or Sentra.
Anyone with advice is apprenticed to alarm Crime Stoppers at 615-74-CRIME. Callers to Crime Stoppers can abide bearding and authorize for a banknote reward.
Metro badge said the annihilation marks the 65th assassination this year. This time aftermost year there were 39.
Lyke is additionally survived by his earlier brother David and mother Elizabeth who was afresh aggressive cancer. She is now in remission.
