Crime & Safety
12-Year-Old Pulls Gun In Hermitage Cell Phone Store: Police
Metro Police took a 12-year-old boy into custody after he allegedly pulled a gun in an Old Hickory Boulevard cell phone store.
HERMITAGE, TN -- Metro Police arrested a 12-year old boy Tuesday after he allegedly pulled a gun inside a Hermitage cell phone store.
Investigators say the boy walked into Diverse Mobile on Old Hickory Boulevard Tuesday morning, pulled out the handgun, placed it on the counter and demanded to see a phone.
The owner of the store was able to overpower the youngster and hold him down until police arrived. The gun never fired.
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MNPD confirmed the juvenile was taken into custody.
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