Update: The deceased has now been identified through his fingerprints as Eliel Arnoldo Ortiz, 16. The self-defense claim in his fatal shooting remains under investigation. In the meantime, Jorge Dominguez has now been charged federally with being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.
Homicide detectives are investigating a self-defense claim in Thursday afternoon’s fatal shooting of an as yet unidentified man in the parking lot of Longwood at Southern Hills Apartments, 371 Wallace Road.
The man who committed the fatal shooting, Jorge Dominguez, 43, who lives in the apartment complex, was booked Wednesday night on two unrelated felony aggravated assault warrants and a vandalism charge for firing a shot into the window of a Murfreesboro Pike convenience market on April 16 after a clerk refused to sell him alcohol due to his lack of identification.
The homicide investigation to this point shows that a dispute over clothing involving four women, two aligned with the deceased and two aligned with Dominguez, culminated with gunfire in the apartment complex parking lot. Dominguez claims that he shot the victim only after guns were pointed at him.
After the shooting, Dominguez fled the apartment complex and was soon located by TITANS (The Investigative Team Addressing Neighborhood Shootings) detectives at a Briley Parkway motel. Inside his car were five ounces of meth, a pound of marijuana, three semi-automatic pistols and a rifle.
Charges in regard to those items are forthcoming. In the meantime, Dominguez is jailed in lieu of $90,000 bond on the aggravated assault and vandalism charges from the April incident.
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