NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Two people were injured in a shooting in a parking lot near Broadway last night.
It happened across Barstool on 2nd Avenue around 11:30.
A woman says she was trying to leave the parking lot when a group of people started screaming and hitting her through her window. Her passenger got out of the car and fired shots from a pistol into the air, hoping to stop the assault. That's when 39-year-old Jeremi Ford, a convicted felon, fired several shots at both the woman and the passenger.
Both victims were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Metro Police arrested Ford Sunday morning.
A man named Bill, who was parked near the shooting, shared Dash camera video of the aftermath. You can watch those moments in the player above.
"There was a lot of chaos," he remembered. "I do remember thinking very briefly of my kids and my wife and wondering if I was going to get to see them again."
"It's scary. We were definitely scared," said a woman who saw people running after the shooting Saturday night. "Luckily we just turned on another street and got out of here."
Ford was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted homicide, aggravated assault against a first responder, felon in possession of a gun, and reckless endangerment along with his previous felony drug convictions.
According to Metro Police's data dashboard, this will be the first shooting incident this year so close to Lower Broadway.
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