MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) — Murfreesboro police are investigating a potential connection between a domestic shooting and a nearby carjacking that led to a high-speed chase and a fatal crash in Warren County last week.

At least 15 bullets hit Julia Pegler’s home just minutes before a carjacking on the road. A carjacking in Warren County ended when the suspect collided with another vehicle, killing a prominent business leader.

Julia shows us what happened to her home in the player above.

“There are a few there and one here. There’s one, two, three, four there,” Pegler said, pointing to the bullet holes.

Feeling grateful after the incident, Pegler recalled waking up to a loud knock on her door.

“He was knocking on our door asking for help and someone shot at him? “The neighbor across the street saw everything,” he said.

At around 03.30 at night, shots were opened and many bullets entered the house.

“Bullets… just rang. It was like your head was ringing. Everything was playing. It literally makes your whole body shake – 15 of them. “It was loud and crazy,” Pegler said.

A bullet entered his son’s room and hit his bed.

“There’s a hole upstairs that went into my son’s room, and the bullet hit his bed,” he said. “Thank goodness he was sleeping in our bed.”

While officers were investigating the shooting, the team received a 911 call about a carjacking at a nearby Waffle House. The suspect, identified as Brandon James (24), later died in a head-on collision. Warren County. The collision claimed the life of Phyllis Prater, a well-known business owner and community figure.

Detectives are working to determine if James was involved in the shooting at Pegler’s home because he lives in the same complex. The shooting report is being actively investigated.

“I still can’t believe it. I still can’t believe it,” Pegler said.

Although she did not know James personally, she often saw him walking to work. He lived a few units away from her.

He was even talking to his roommates.

“From what we could tell, he was a good man. He seemed like a kind person,” she said.

While police continue to investigate, Pegler is relieved that her loved ones are safe.

“I take solace in the fact that this has nothing to do with us and that we were in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

A Murfreesboro Police spokesperson warned against spreading rumors on Facebook and said it was hindering the investigation.

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