NASHVILLE – Steven Pointer, 19, has been arrested for attempted criminal homicide after Saturday night’s shooting toward an MNPD sergeant’s vehicle on Doverside Drive. Sgt. Brian Brown, working extra duty Violent Crimes Initiative, was enroute to a burglary call when a Toyota Camry traveling behind him fired several rounds at the unmarked patrol car.
The 21-year-old driver said during an interview with detectives that Pointer, the passenger of the Camry, mistook Brown’s vehicle for someone else who burglarized his father’s business.
The driver said he drove away quickly because he did not know Pointer was going to fire gunshots.
Sgt. Brown was not injured in the shooting. Two rounds struck his patrol car.
He followed the Camry until it stopped on Brick Church Pike. Both the driver and Pointer were taken into custody. No charges have been placed against the driver at present.
Pointer was charged for the incident. He is being held in lieu of $75,000 bond.
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