WSMV 4 Nashville reporter Amber Jayanth described a case that sounds like it should have ended with nothing more than a small good deed and a quick drive home.
Instead, Jayanth reported, Metro Nashville Police say a 16-year-old who was selling candy outside a Kroger is now accused of shooting and robbing the customer who had just helped him.
Jayanth framed it as the kind of situation that catches people off guard because it starts with something ordinary: you see a teen trying to sell candy, you figure it’s harmless, and you might even want to encourage it…