NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro Nashville homicide detectives are investigating self-defense claim in a deadly g shooting that began as an argument over a pedicab fare.
Police say 23-year-old Adrian Rivas-Romo, who was visiting from Memphis, was shot around 2:20 a.m. Saturday on Rep. John Lewis Way South near the BetMGM Sports Lounge.
According to investigators, Rivas-Romo and his friends had hired two pedicabs to take them from 2nd Avenue back to their hotel. During the ride, one passenger argued with a driver about the price, prompting both pedicabs to stop outside the arena.
Detectives say Christopher Jones, 21, who was driving one of the pedicabs, told the group to get out and refused to take them any further. A fight broke out soon after. Jones claimed retrieved his gun after he wa