Alleged Cocaine-Seeking Robber Targets Armed Citizen, Gets ‘Very Critical’ Head Wound Instead
A would-be robber who was looking for cocaine instead received a gunshot that left him with a “very critical” head injury Sunday.
Harold Hutchison · Oct 28, 2026 · 2 min read
A would-be robber who was looking for cocaine instead received a gunshot that left him with a “very critical” head injury Sunday.
The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) said that a 31-year-old man was accosted by a 35-year-old who presented a gun and attempted to rob him, according to WSMV.com, a Nashville-area TV station. The 31-year-old instead drew his own gun and fired a shot, striking the would-be robber in the head.
The 31-year-old drove away, but was stopped by police after driving for three minutes. He later admitted to police he’d shot the 35-year-old in self-defense, saying the would-be robber had approached him at a hookah establishment requesting cocaine.
“The 31-year-old said he told the man he didn’t use narcotics and left,” MNPD said. Police recovered two guns, one at the scene of the incident, the other in the 31-year-old man’s automobile.
Tennessee enacted “permitless carry,” also known as “constitutional carry,” which Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed into law in 2021. However, the state have been in litigation with Gun Owners of America regarding two other provisions the pro-Second Amendment advocacy organization says could ensnare people carrying firearms for personal protection.
The gun-rights group won the lawsuit on summary judgement in a Gibson County court in August 2025, but Republican Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti appealed the ruling.
In Memphis, 27-year-old Demarcus Collier, a homeowner, fired at least nine rounds at a teenager trying to break into his car after the would-be burglar acted as if he had a weapon, according to Action News 5, a local TV station. Prosecutors charged him with seven felony counts since some of the rounds Collier fired apparently hit a room with children inside and a vehicle, leading to charges of aggravated assault and vandalism.
Tennessee also has the Castle Doctrine, which creates a presumption that a person has a reasonable belief of imminent death or serious bodily injury when they use deadly force against someone who unlawfully and forcibly entered (or was entering) and the defender knew or had reason to believe the entry was unlawful and forcible.
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