"I don't want this to happen to other people. "I just want people to be safe," said Jason. Jason said he is honoring his brother's memory by fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence. "When I cleaned out his apartment, you could see the next presents he was going to give my kids," said Jason. He was also a loving and attentive uncle to his niece and nephew. Jason described his brother as brilliant, funny and always playing practical jokes. "I had to call both my parents and tell them my brother had been murdered." "That was a terrible night for me," recalled Jason Sparks. News of Chris' death left his family heartbroken. "I’m sure that there are individuals out there who know who was involved in this." "We really need tips from the public," said Filter. Despite interviewing witnesses at the scene, no one was able to get a good description of the driver. MNPD said the silver car had dark tinted windows and was possibly a Chevy Impala. "The car was last seen going down Buchanan Street," said Matthew Filter, a detective in the Metro Nashville Police Department's Cold Case-Homicide/Missing Persons unit. He exchanged words with the driver through the window, and then the driver fired two shots and took off. Near the intersection of Buchanan Street and Ed Temple Boulevard, Chris honked his horn at silver sedan. He was driving from Metro Center to his home in the Nations neighborhood for his lunch break and to take his dog for a walk. He previously lived in Chicago where he worked as a chef and was a member of The Second City comedy club.Īfter living in Nashville for about a year, his life ended unexpectedly. I wish he had lots more of them."Ĭhris Sparks moved to Nashville to be closer to his brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew. "I’m glad his last year here was his best life, it really was. "I’m so lucky I got to spend 36 years with my best friend," said Jason Sparks, Chris Sparks' brother. (WTVF) - Almost seven years after a Nashville man was killed in a road rage related shooting while driving home on his lunch break, his killer remains on the run.
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