NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Detectives are investigating a deadly shooting that allegedly occurred during an argument over a pedicab ride in downtown Nashville early Saturday morning.
Officers responded to the incident shortly before 2:30 a.m. on Rep. John Lewis Way between Broadway and Demonbreun Street.
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According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, two pedicabs were transporting a group of people visiting from Memphis back to their hotel when an argument began between a driver and one of their passengers. Both drivers stopped their pedicabs outside of Bridgestone Arena, and the other driver — identified as a 21-year-old man — told all of the passengers to exit the pedicabs.
A physical altercation followed, during which the 21-year-old driver claimed he was punched in the back of the head by one of the passengers. He told authorities that another passenger — Adrian Rivas-Romo, 23 — approached him quickly, so he pulled out a gun and fired…