Dad Shoots Into Car Carrying Kids After Football Game Fight

NASHVILLE, TN — A Nashville man fired a gun into a car that was carrying his son and daughter, according to Metro Police.

On Saturday, the man was attending his son's youth football game at Overton High School, during which he began arguing with the mother of his children, from whom he is estranged. The mother's new beau was also at the game and the argument eventually grew into a larger fracas, with the groups eventually separated.

Eventually, the children's mother, the new boyfriend and the son and the daughter left the game, traveling with the mother's cousin and another juvenile. While driving down Franklin Pike, the mother told police she saw her ex following and trying to hit her car.

The woman said she heard gunshots coming from her ex-boyfriend, shattering the rear window. The new boyfriend the rolled down his window and fired a few shots at the pursuing car, which ended the chase, according to an affidavit.

The father is charged with six counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of domestic assault and a probation violation. He is current in Vanderbilt University Medical Center receiving treatment.

Patch is withholding the names of the adults in this case in order to protect the identity of the children.

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