Katie Quackenbush, 26, is charged with attempted murder after police say she shot a homeless man in Nashville after he asked her to move her Porsche SUV.<\/b>
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Katie Layne Quackenbush is charged with attempted murder after police in Nashville say she shot a homeless man.
A 26-year-old aspiring country singer has been charged with attempted murder after police say she shot a homeless man twice near Nashville\u2019s Music Row in August after he asked her to move her Porsche SUV because loud music and exhaust coming from it were disturbing his sleep.
Katie Layne Quackenbush was arrested September 11, Metro Nashville Police said in a press release. The victim, 54-year-old Gerald Melton, was shot twice in the abdomen and remains hospitalized in critical condition, according to police. Quackenbush\u2019s father, Jesse Quackenbush, told The Tennessean his daughter was acting in self defense.
Jesse Quackenbush told the newspaper his daughter fired the shots as a warning after he came toward her following an argument.
\u201cShe did say she closed her eyes when she shot both times, but they were warnings, and she thought she pointed away from him, \u201d he told newspaper. \u201cShe didn\u2019 t try and kill this guy. She had no intention of killing him. She didn\u2019 t know that she hit him.\u201d
Here\u2019s what you need to know:
Katie Quackenbush.
The shooting occurred on August 26 at 901 19th Avenue South, near Nashville\u2019s Music Row, police said in a press release.
\u201cThe investigation, which is being led by Detective Anthony Chandler, shows that (Gerald) Melton was trying to sleep on the sidewalk at 3 a.m. when he became disturbed by exhaust fumes and loud music coming from a Porsche SUV, \u201d police said. \u201cMelton said he asked the driver of the Porsche, alleged to have been Quackenbush, to move the vehicle. An argument ensued, with both parties yelling at each other.\u201d
Melton told police he went back to where he was sleeping.
\u201cQuackenbush is alleged to have gotten out of the Porsche armed and, as the argument continued, fired two shots at Melton, \u201d police said. Melton was critically wounded and said the shooter then fled from the scene in the Porsche.
According to court records, which you can see below, a female passenger was in the SUV with Quackenbush at the time of the shooting. She has not been identified and is not being charged at this time.
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The affidavit states that the passenger identified Quackenbush as the person who shot Melton. Authorities said in the probable cause statement that both Quackenbush and Melton were yelling at each other during the verbal argument. Investigators say Melton \u201cdid not impede\u201d Quackenbush\u2019s ability to leave the area.
Melton remains hospitalized at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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JUST IN: Father of woman charged w\/ attempted murder of homeless man tells me she was trying to fire ‚warning shots‘ https: \/\/t.co\/cJjHu5wJ4X pic.twitter.com\/7pFPCqSEOi
\u2014 Natalie Allison (@natalie_allison) September 12,2017
Katie Quackenbush\u2019s father, Jesse, says that his daughter, who is the single mother of a 5-year-old son, had no intention of shooting Melton.
\u201cShe has a son, \u201d Jesse Quackenbush, an attorney in Texas, told The Tennessean . \u201cShe\u2019s never done anything like this in her life. She had an eyewitness in the front seat.\u201d
Jesse Quackenbush said Melton approached the Porchse and threatened to kill his daughter and the other woman who was in the SUV, while also making explicit and sexist remarks toward Katie Quackenbush, the newspaper reports.
\u201cHe comes up to their window and starts screaming in their window various threats, and something about turning their music down and that he couldn\u2019 t sleep, \u201d he told the newspaper.
Jesse Quackenbush told the newspaper the man walked away and his daughter got out of her car to escort her friend to a vehicle parked close by. She grabbed her gun and put a magazine inside, he said. Jesse Quackenbush says his daughter saw Melton walking toward her again and told him she had a gun. She then fired two \u201cwarning shots\u201d and left, her father said. There was no indication Melton had been shot, the suspect\u2019s father said. Melton did not scream when hit, according to Jesse Quackenbush.
The elder Quackenbush told The Tennessean his daughter and her friend decided to leave and go to a restaurant, and come back later for the other woman\u2019s car. When they returned, they found the car and the area surrounded by police tape. He told the newspaper that his daughter got an attorney and cooperated with the investigation, including turning herself in for questioning.
He also issued a statement about his daughter\u2019s arrest, disputing the police version of events. He said in the statement that the man had \u201caccosted\u201d another group of women, before approaching the car his daughter and another woman were in. Jesse Quackenbush said in the statement that his daughter fired the first \u201cwarning shot\u201d to \u201cscare him away\u201d as he came at her, and then fired the second shot \u201cto scare him away, \u201d before \u201cquickly\u201d leaving the scene, not knowing she had hit Melton. He said that Melton was not sleeping or on the ground when his daughter fired the shots, and was \u201calways on his feet\u201d during the incident.
You can read his full statement below:
The two women were actually acting in self defense. The man was always on his feet and not asleep as someone apparently has alleged and had accosted a group of very young women and nearly became physical with one. He then approached the white Porsche (not Lexis) with two female occupants and started verbally accosting them threatening them because their music was too loud for him to sleep\u2026 The driver fired a round as a warning to scare him away as he came at her. He kept coming and she fired a second round, again intended to scare him away. They quickly got back into the white vehicle and left, not knowing that the man was hit by the warning shots. Both girls contacted the police and DA shortly after the incident and have always agreed to cooperate fully with the investigation.
Katie Quackenbush in her 2013 mugshot from an assault arrest in Amarillo, Texas.
Katie Quackenbush is originally from Amarillo, Texas. She has no prior criminal convictions on her record, but was arrested in 2013 on an assault charge in Amarillo, according to online arrest records.
She was arrested October 3,2013, by the Amarillo Police Department on a misdemeanor domestic violence-related assault charge. She was released from the Randall County Jail a day later after posting $5,000 bond. Court records on the Randall County website show the case was dismissed by the district attorney in April 2014. She was ordered to pay a $400 attorney fee.
Quackenbush was also arrested in Potter County, Texas, on December 17,2016, and charged with misdemeanor assault. That case is still pending. Details of the incident that led to her arrest were not immediately available.
Jesse Quackenbush, Katie\u2019s father, who has been speaking on her behalf, is a prominent criminal defense lawyer in Amarillo.
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Katie Quackenbush.
Katie Quackenbush is a musician, performing country songs under the name Katie Layne. Her Twitter profile, which includes explicit and nude photos of her in an effort to promote her \u201cOutlaw\u201d country music style, has not been active since 2016.
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\u2014 Katie Layne Music (@KatieLaynemusik) April 1,2016
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\u2014 Katie Layne Music (@KatieLaynemusik) April 21,2016
She released a song on iTunes in 2015, called \u201cMidnight Revival.\u201d
My single midnight revival is now on iTunes:) Midnight Revival \u2013 Single by Katie Layne https: \/\/t.co\/LMm9kSbPpt pic.twitter.com\/yBjCxJkXBm
\u2014 Katie Layne Music (@KatieLaynemusik) July 25,2015
Midnight Revival \u2013 Single by Katie Layne https: \/\/t.co\/LMm9kSbPpt pic.twitter.com\/hR3TWLxoCO
\u2014 Katie Layne Music (@KatieLaynemusik) July 25,2015
She performed the song in 2015 on an Amarillo radio station:
Other songs can be found on her SoundCloud page.
In addition to her music career, Quackenbush, a skier, started a now-defunct company called Stitches Promo Girls in 2011. She wrote on Twitter, \u201cOur company brings Promo Girls in one easy step to businesses in the extreme sport community.\u201d She posted videos on YouTube talking about and promoting the company:
She also recorded a \u201cspoof\u201d rap video, called \u201cSki Tips Up Hoes Down, \u201d about the skiing community in 2011 that gained some attention:
Quackenbush says on Linkedin that she has studied at Amarillo College and worked as a recruiting specialist for Sanford Rose Associates, a Texas-based recruiting firm.
Katie Quackenbush.
Quackenbush, of 45th Avenue North, was arrested on September 11 and booked into the Davidson County Jail. She was later released after posting $25,000 bail. She was booked about 6 p.m. and released by 10 p.m.
Police served a search warrant at Quackenbush\u2019s home, according to a photo provided to The Tennessean.
Quackenbush\u2019s attorney could not be reached for comment. But her father, Jesse Quackenbush, told The Tennessean that his daughter has been wrongfully charged.
Katie Quackenbush is scheduled to appear in court on October 6.
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Interesting!\u2026 I\u2019 ve always believed that one\u2013 one way of another!\u2013 either transcends the name (and nickname) one is associated with in life, or \u201csuccumbs\u201d to it! Indeed!\u2026 that one will leave this world in a manner, that FITS ONE\u2019 S ADOPTED ASCRIPTION (consciously, and\/ or subconsciously!) ! And given the \u201cassociative power\u201d that the SURNAME cited herein\u2013 in particular!\u2013 evokes, I can\u2019 t help but believe, that it has \u201cNEGATIVELY SHAPED\u201d her character, and persona (and whether Katie acknowledged this, or not!) ! As the GOOD BOOK says.. and to paraphrase: \u2026 \u201cWe are subject to that which we give ourselves servants to obey!\u201d
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