Rep. Brooks named the proposed legislation "Akilah's Law" in honor of her late son, who was one of four people shot and killed in the Nashville Waffle House shooting in April 2018.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV ... who was one of four victims in the 2018 Waffle House shooting in Antioch. She has been fighting for gun reform on a state and national level. The shooter was a ...

Rep. Shaundelle Brooks, a Hermitage Democrat, named the bill "Akilah's Law" in honor of her son Akilah Dasilva, who was killed in a mass shooting at a Nashville Waffle House in 2018. The shooter ...

Rep. Shaundelle Brooks, a Hermitage Democrat, cries after her firearm bill advances from the Tennessee House Criminal Justice Subcommittee on March 26, 2025. The bill is named for her son Akilah ...

As a gun control bill picks up steam in the Tennessee General Assembly, mental health advocates question the scope of the law ...

Jamari Nelson was arrested in connection with the April 5 shooting on Blythewood Road that injured one and caused panic outside a Waffle House.

Dontrail Spencer, Jr., 23, died of a fatal shooting Friday night in an incident that homicide detectives are investigating as ...

White House says Three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion votes after participating in protests over last month's school shooting in Nashville will visit the White House to meet with ...

Rep. Brooks named the proposed legislation “Akilah’s Law” in honor of her late son, who was one of four people shot and killed in the Nashville Waffle House shooting in April 2018.