OneRepublic asks for donations for crew member's wife who was shot in Nashville

Jordyn Pair | The Tennessean

The band OneRepublic is asking for people to donate to a GoFundMe after a wife of one of their crew members was shot and paralyzed.

The woman, 39, was walking her dogs on Moss Rose Drive in Inglewood around 12:30 a.m. Aug. 8 when a vehicle drove past her, turned around, and drove past her again before stopping, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.

Police said the woman told them words were exchanged before someone in the car shot her and then drove away.

Police said she was shot in the lower back and sustained significant injuries. The motive is still unclear, and the suspects have not been identified.

Members of OneRepublic took to Facebook to ask people to donate to a GoFundMe to help offset cost of medical bills and moving.

Ryan Tedder, the band's lead vocalist, said in the video the woman lost her spleen and is undergoing multiple surgeries.

"This video isn't about the epidemic of gun violence that exists in this country, which is unspeakable and me physically ill," Tedder said in the video. "This is about helping people that are close to us, that mean everything to us."

The GoFundMe had raised more than $163,000 as of shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday.

Natalie Allison contributed to this report.

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