{"id":1047810,"date":"2026-09-06T23:54:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1047810\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T23:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:54:22","slug":"bullet-rips-through-sams-club-wall-and-kills-worker-doing-inventory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1047810\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullet rips through Sam\u2019s Club wall and kills worker doing inventory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A deadly argument outside a Nashville lounge sent a bullet tearing through the metal wall of a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/03\/lifestyle\/sams-club-reveals-details-on-rebrand-and-design-overhaul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nearby Sam\u2019s Club<\/a>, killing an innocent Frito-Lay worker as he counted products in the chip aisle, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, identified as 55-year-old Paris Carlock of Murfreesboro, was conducting an early-morning product inventory near the middle of the store shortly after 4 a.m. when the bullet struck him in the head.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/16\/business\/sams-club-meal-kit-feeds-family-for-under-16\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam\u2019s Club <\/a>staff rushed to Carlock\u2019s aid before he was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe the gunfire was connected to an argument that began inside Lavo Lounge on Antioch Pike, just down the street from the Sam\u2019s Club.<\/p>\n<p>Police said security removed the people involved from the lounge, but the dispute reportedly spilled outside and continued. Gunshots were heard as multiple vehicles left the area.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40694301\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bullet-rips-sam-s-club-139938600.jpg\" alt=\"A police car parked outside a Sam's Club entrance.\" class=\"wp-image-40694301\"\/>Innocent Frito-Lay worker Paris Carlock, 55, was killed by a stray bullet inside a Nashville Sam\u2019s Club while doing inventory. Metropolitan Nashville Police Department<\/p>\n<p>One of those bullets pierced the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/21\/lifestyle\/walmart-sams-club-now-offer-apple-google-tap-to-pay-options\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam\u2019s Club\u2019s exterior <\/a>wall and struck Carlock as he worked inside, police said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40694271\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bullet-rips-sam-s-club-139938601.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior of a Sam's Club building with a bullet hole in the wall.\" class=\"wp-image-40694271\"\/>The fatal shot came from a deadly argument that began inside Lavo Lounge and spilled onto the street near the Sam\u2019s Club. Metropolitan Nashville Police Department<\/p>\n<p>The department described Carlock as an \u201cinnocent\u201d victim.<\/p>\n<p>Homicide Unit detectives are pursuing leads, but police have not announced any arrests or released descriptions of the people or vehicles involved.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the gunfire or the vehicles seen leaving the area is asked to call Nashville Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A deadly argument outside a Nashville lounge sent a bullet tearing through the metal wall of a nearby&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1047811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5416,27813,2987,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,48392,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-1047810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-deaths","tag-murders","tag-nashville","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-sams-club","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117226799741119464","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1047811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}