HOPKINSVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – An 18-year-old man is facing charges after he tried to escape from officers Tuesday by hiding inside the Nashville Zoo.
According to an arrest affidavit from the Metro Nashville Police Department, officers were out looking for some missing juveniles in South Nashville when they were spotted by the MNPD helicopter near the zoo.
The officers reported that the juveniles sprinted and jumped a perimeter fence and entered the zoo’s property. A witness told the officers that an individual was hiding in a restroom, according to the affidavit…