A 16-year-old Nashville student was fatally shot in a drive-by attack after leaving a high school football game with his younger brother, prompting Clay Travis to pledge that he will triple the reward money being offered to help identify and arrest the gunman.
Cameron Frierson was gunned down late Friday night in front of his brother, Chris, after the two had attended a game at Pearl-Cohn High School, according to WKRN. Authorities have since launched a search for the person responsible.
Witnesses told investigators that the shots came from a white sedan with tinted windows. Police have not yet determined what led to the shooting or whether Frierson was the intended target.
Frierson, who was a junior at Hunters Lane High School, suffered gunshot wounds and later died. His younger brother, Chris, was not physically hurt in the attack.
His mother, Brittany Frierson, said she believes her son was simply caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.
“It wasn’t over a girl. This wasn’t over any money. This was strictly these kids looking to harm someone,” she told WZTV.
“And they thought that someone that they were looking for were my children, and it wasn’t… You don’t have a right to take no one’s life. You don’t get that right.”
After the shooting, Frierson was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, roughly two miles from where he was found. He later died from his injuries.
“My greatest fear in life has come true,” Brittany said, lamenting her teen son’s death.
“Cameron was just doing what so many high school students do on a Friday night, enjoying a football game, and in an instant our lives changed forever,” she said.
“Cameron was a bright, beaming light in all of our lives, and this loss has left us heartbroken and struggling to understand how to move forward without him.
“Cameron was also a hardworking teenager who was trying to work two jobs so he could buy his own clothes for back to school.
“That was the kind of child he was, determined, responsible, and willing to work hard for what he needed.
“He had so much life ahead of him, and remembering the effort he was making for himself makes this loss even more painful for all of us who loved him.”
Cops continue to hunt for the shooter – and a $5,000 reward has been offered by the Uvalde Foundation for Kids, a charity founded in response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting that saw 19 students killed.
Nashville native Clay Travis, who attended the same game as Frierson, on Monday vowed to add another $15,000 to the reward pot.
“There’s a $5,000 reward right now. I will make that a $20,000 reward. I will add $15,000 to anyone who is able to bring this killer to justice who killed this 16-year-old boy,” he said on X.
“Turn yourself in, we beg you to turn yourself in,” Cameron’s dad, who is also named Chris, said in a direct message to the shooter.
