A man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a woman who was killed while exercising Monday on a popular Nashville, Tennessee, walking trail.
Paul Park, 29, of Brentwood, Tennessee, was arrested Tuesday in connection to the death Alyssa Lokits, 34. Lokits was found with a gunshot wound about 5:30 p.m. Monday on the Mill Creek Greenway off Old Hickory Boulevard, Nashville police said in statements.
In announcing Park’s arrest Tuesday, police on X praised the “incredible investigative work from Homicide & Specialized Investigations detectives led to the arrest.”
It was not immediately clear Tuesday afternoon if Park had an attorney. Police did not specify a charge, or charges, against Park.
“Lokits was exercising on the trail when witnesses heard her yelling for help,” police said.
Witnesses told police they saw a man on top of Lokits prior to shots being fired.
“The suspect fled the parking area in a dark colored 4-door sedan towards Old Hickory Boulevard. Lokits was discovered with a gunshot wound in the wood line,” police said.
Lokits, whose car was found at a trailhead entrance on Pettus Avenue, died at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, police said.
Lokits’ relatives could not be reached for comment.
