In a disquieting display of youthful recklessness turning violent, 16-year-old Owen Guerrero-Alvarado has been arrested and charged following a robbery that escalated into a shooting in a Walmart parking lot. On the evening of April 30, what started as an intended transaction morphed quickly into a premeditated heist, resulting in two individuals suffering gunshot wounds, as reported by Nashville.gov.
Nashville Police indicated that Guerrero and two cohorts engineered a rendezvous with the two unsuspecting victims –an 18-year-old and a 14-year-old– under the guise of a peaceful exchange. After a brief dialogue that seemed benign, the situation unravelled as Guerrero and his accomplices retrieved their weapons from their car, heralding chaos…