NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A convicted felon was reportedly arrested for multiple offenses — including attempted homicide — following a shooting in South Nashville Thursday.
According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, a 19-year-old was critically wounded in the shooting, which took place outside the WoodSpring Suites motel on Metroplex Drive on Thursday, March 5.
Authorities said the investigation shows the victim had gone with a friend to meet 55-year-old John Michael Denton over a debt Denton supposedly owed.
Victim shot in Nashville hotel from rooftop
According to officials, the 19-year-old said his friend and Denton started fighting, so the victim got between them to break it up, but then Denton went to his pickup truck, grabbed a pistol, and fired multiple shots from less than six feet away…