NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – When Brenda Cannon went outside to get her mail around 6 p.m. Wednesday, she saw police lights and what she thought was a typical traffic stop.
What really happened is a much longer story.
“It’s really a peaceful little town. You just never expect something like this to happen,” Cannon said.
It started Wednesday when, according to Nashville police, three gang members from Texas robbed a Bank of America ATM on Charlotte Pike. They drove down I-40 to Kingston Springs, where they parked behind an old bank near a woman’s home. She told police she confronted them and they threatened her, prompting her to fire at the car, hitting one of the tires as they drove away.
Since the three men didn’t have a tire, they turned onto Hillcrest Road and jumped out of the car. Cannon says they hid in the bushes further down.
“Oh my God, that was so close. It was like they might have even looked out of the trees and seen my car when I pulled up there and I thought it was just a scary situation,” Cannon said.
Kingston Springs Police, in conjunction with MNPD and the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office, quickly secured the area and arrested the three men.
When they looked in the car, they found several thousand dollars worth of cash from an ATM in Nashville.
Police say they have no idea why the suspected thieves stopped in Kingston Springs.
“It was something for this small town. It was, it was like something you see on TV or in the movies. So it was, it was, it was exciting,” Cannon said. “They had police cars on I-40. They had police cars at all the exits and here as you enter and other places. So it was just incredible.”
The three men are now charged with aggravated robbery in Nashville and resisting arrest in Cheatham County. The FBI is also assisting in the investigation.
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