Bradley County Sheriff’s Office / Jontrell Walter Riley, 23.An argument over a reportedly stolen cellphone left one of two transport co-drivers in critical condition in a shooting at a convenience store on Pleasant Grove Road in Cleveland, Tennessee.
Jontrell Walter Riley, 23, of Orangeburg, South Carolina, is charged with attempted second-degree murder and tampering with or fabricating evidence while the alleged victim, Djamel Mahouz, 36, remains hospitalized, according to a Cleveland Police Department news release.
Cleveland police answered a shots fired call at the Pilot Travel Center at Exit 20 on Interstate 75 in Cleveland around 11:30 p.m. Friday, the news release states.
“An argument had occurred between co-drivers of a transport company who were later identified as Djamel Mahouz and his trainee, Jontrell Riley,” the release states. “The argument was regarding Riley accusing Mahouz of stealing his cellphone.”
A scuffle ensued between the two inside their truck, and Riley allegedly shot Mahouz once with a 9-mm semiautomatic Glock pistol, according to the release.