NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A teenager was taken into custody Friday night after being accused of firing a rifle from the driver’s window of a stolen vehicle, which was being monitored from the air by a Nashville police helicopter with two crew members on board.
The Metro Nashville Police Department said Nelson Garcia-Arevalo was arrested last September, when he was 16, for firing a gun at an undercover detective and a police helicopter. After the case was transferred from Juvenile Court to Criminal Court, he was convicted of felony aggravated assault in February 2025 and given a three-year probated sentence.
Since Garcia-Arevalo, now 17, already been adjudicated as an adult, authorities said the charges being placed against him on Friday, May 23 — which include two counts of felony reckless endangerment, vehicle theft, and felony evading arrest — will also be filed in adult court.
3 teens, 1 man facing charges following gunfire in East Nashville
Meanwhile, two 15-year-olds who were in the car with Garcia-Arevalo are being charged with vehicle theft, unlawful gun possession and evading arrest at Juvenile Court, according to officials…