Amy Freeman Williams

The granddaughter of one of Cullman’s most influential visionaries of the city Parks and Recreation Department died in a shooting Saturday in Nashville.

Amy Williams, 41, the granddaughter of the late Chester Freeman, who is credited as a driving force in building up the Cullman Parks and Recreation Department into regional and national prominence, was killed by an ex-boyfriend in a shooting incident in east Nashville, according to a report from The Tennessean newspaper in Nashville and WKRN.

The ex-boyfriend, Andrew Tucker, 40, turned a gun on himself, according to the news reports, after he shot Williams, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Tucker and Williams had dated four months but recently the relationship had ended. The shooting occurred on the 1500 block of Fatherland Street near South 15th Street around 10:15 p.m., according to the news sources.

According to the WKRM report, metro police said officers found Williams, 41, outside the home with a gunshot wound fired by her ex-boyfriend. Investigators said Williams was standing on the sidewalk talking to her sister as she was preparing to leave when Tucker drove by.

Tucker reportedly turned around and parked his pickup truck near Williams’ home. Williams walked over to Tucker and spoke with him for five minutes before shots were fired, according to police. Multiple witnesses told police there was no shouting or confrontation prior to the shooting. Tucker then walked to his truck and shot himself in the head, according to the report.

Williams was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she died.

Williams’ father is Dr. Phil Freeman, who has practiced with Cullman Internal Medicine.

She was a graduate of Cullman High School in 1993 and Birmingham Southern College graduate.