🌱 NPD Investigates Shooting Of 18-Year-Old + Arrest For Spilling Tea

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Here are the top three stories in Nashville today:

1. Nashville police are investigating a shooting that left an 18-year-old critically injured in West Nashville. On Mar. 8, police found the young man shot at least five times in his upper and lower extremities in the 5000 block of Maudina Drive just before 12:30 a.m. (WKRN News 2)
2. Christopher Scott Hall, 29, was charged with vandalism with damage costing more than $1,000 after spilling tea in a Nashville McDonald’s. According to police, Hall was trespassing and asked to leave the restaurant, located at 2700 West End Ave., when he became "irate" and pulled two large iced tea urns off the counter, spilling several gallons of tea. He was also charged with aggravated trespassing, resisting arrest, and evading arrest. (WSMV 4)
3. Metro Nashville Police arrested three men on Mar. 7 after a routine drug surveillance operation of a gas station on Stewarts Ferry Pike. After witnessing a possible drug deal and traffic violations, police found 119 blue M30 oxycodone pills, two weapons, fentanyl, meth, a mix of heroin and fentanyl, and other pills in a vehicle at the intersection of Nashboro Boulevard and Bell Road. The three men in the vehicle all had outstanding warrants as well. Keyon Parker and Anthony Boykin were both charged with unlawful possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, theft of a firearm, and multiple other drug and weapons charges. The third suspect was charged with a misdemeanor. (WKRN News 2)

Today and tomorrow in Nashville:

Thursday, March 9

• Women Of Country Tour At Opry House (9:00 AM)
• James Carothers At The Nashville Palace (1:00 PM)

Friday, March 10

• Moonlight Yoga + Rooftop Fireside Fun At Denim (6:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• An 11-year-old (at the time) hero helped save the victim of a vehicle crash and is now one of five Boy Scouts in the Middle Tennessee Council to be awarded Scout of the Year. He was honored in Nashville on Mar. 7. (Tennessean)
• On Mar. 8, three people were added to Nashville's "Top 10 Most Wanted" list. Included in the addition was 19-year-old De’Tynn Smith, who is considered this week's "Top Most Wanted" fugitive. Smith is a suspect in the April 2022 murder of 39-year-old Tywane Miller in the parking lot of a soon-to-open 7-Eleven gas station near the intersection of Maxwell and Gallatin Avenues. (WKRN News 2)
• Kid Rock added a second Nashville concert for the "No Snowflakes" summer concerts! He will play at Bridgestone Arena on Jul. 1 and Jul. 8 at 7:30 p.m. with special guest Travis
  Tritt. (WZTV)

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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.