Two men lose lives in fight

A supposed drug-related attempted robbery early today at 198 Bonnafield Drive in Hermitage claimed the lives of two men.

Brandon Bennett,22, who lived at the home, had cocaine and marijuana at his home and may have been dealing it, Metro Police said. Just after 12:30 a.m., a man identified as Lornes Edward Freeman, 30, of McClurkan Avenue found Bennett in the living room of Bennett’s home and struggled, according to police.

According to a witness, Freeman shot Bennett. Another witness, who fled the scene, is believed to have opened fire on Freeman, police said.

Police are asking the man to come forward to the Hermitage Precinct.

Bennett was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and pronounced dead of a gunshot wound that traveled through his arm to his torso.

An unidentified person in a silver sedan dropped Freeman at Summit Medical Center. He was later Lifeflighted to Vanderbilt where he died from a gunshot wound to the chest.