NASHVILLE — Seventeen-year-old fugitive Diego Torres, who was wanted for shooting a 19-year-old man in the head in the 14000 block of Old Hickory Boulevard on January 17, is in custody after leading officers on a pursuit in a stolen car through South Nashville and Hermitage.
An undercover officer, who was checking on information that Torres was in the Harding Place/I-24 area, encountered him pulling out of a Harding Place motel parking lot in a stolen Honda sedan. The undercover officer began following the Honda until Torres realized that he had been spotted and accelerated. A pursuit involving officers from the Hermitage and South Precincts ensued, with Torres driving on I-40 to the Old Hickory Boulevard exit. Officers momentarily lost him, before spotting the car again on Bell Road crossing the dam. The pursuit continued into the South Precinct, where officers deployed a spike strip on Antioch Pike near Blue Hole Road. Torres spun out into a field. He and his 17-year-old passenger took off running, but were soon caught by officers. A semi-automatic pistol was recovered from the Honda.
The Honda was stolen on January 20 from Tennessee Avenue after the owner left it unattended and running to warm up.
At the time of his arrest, Torres was wanted for the shooting of Salvador Llamas, 19, in a vehicle.
