A dramatic scuffle on Saturday night along Lower Broadway involved an exchange of gunfire, resulting in two people being severely injured, according to a Metro Nashville Police Department news release.
The two victims were a 44-year-old woman and a 47-year-old male, who were driving a Nissan Altima along 2nd Avenue South around 11:15 p.m. The Nissan Altima attempted to drive around a group of people, who responded by screaming at the car and trying to hit the 44-year-old woman who was driving the vehicle.
The 47-year-old man, who was sitting in the passenger’s seat, then exited the Nissan Altima and fired a pistol in the air to stop the people who were hitting the car. Another man, who police say is 39-year-old Jeremi Ford, returned gunfire and hit both the 44-year-old woman in the shoulder and the 47-year-old man in several places. The two victims are recovering at Vanderbilt Medical Center.
Police say witnesses positively identified Ford, who Entertainment District Unit officers arrested after Ford attempted to flee in an Infiniti. Ford sped up in the Infiniti despite an officer standing in the way. The officer jumped out of the way, and Ford eventually stopped the Infiniti in a parking lot. Officers arrested Ford after he parked the Infiniti.
Police charged Ford with two counts of attempted homicide, aggravated assault against a first responder, felon in possession of a gun, and reckless endangerment.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Two shot, survive scuffle along Lower Broadway on Saturday
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