BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Nashville police say an officer has shot three gunmen who tried to rob a hotel near Brentwood.
All three were taken to a hospital early Thursday, two them with critical injuries.
Police spokeswoman Kristin Mumford told WTVF-TV that Justin Fox – a plainclothes officer – happened to be at a Hyatt Place hotel investigating another matter when the men burst in around 2 a.m., guns drawn. Fox fired, wounding the robbers.
Police say the same suspects had been involved in another armed robbery earlier near downtown Nashville.
The suspects fled, but were caught a few miles away.