NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A week after a woman was shot and killed in South Nashville, her family has said that the pain still feels like an open wound — one they can't close without help from the community.

Detectives with the Metro Nashville Police Department charged 42-year-old Nerika N. Patton with the death of 50-year-old Shereca M. Waters. They said the two women got into a physical fight along Fain Street on Sept. 2 when Patton pulled out a gun and opened fire, hitting Shereca.

Detectives said Patton, a convicted felon, should not have had a firearm. They believe she tried firing multiple times before fleeing and dropping the weapon into the Cumberland River. Waters was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where she later died.

For Shereca's aunt, Beverly Brown, the de

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