Nashville police: Gas station clerk fatally shot in Hermitage; two teens charged

Rachel Wegner and Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean
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A gas station clerk is dead after a shooting on Monday afternoon, the Metro Nashville Police Department said.

The shooting happened just after 4 p.m. at the Kwik Sak in the 4800 block of Lebanon Pike in Hermitage. Metro Nashville police identified the victim as 36-year-old Vishal Patel.

Police believe two 15-year-old suspects entered the store and got into an argument with Patel. One of the teens then fatally shot the clerk behind the counter, MNPD said. Patel was taken to Skyline Medical Center for treatment, where he died.

A gas station clerk at Kwik Sak on Lebanon Pike was fatally shot Monday afternoon, Nashville police said.
A gas station clerk at Kwik Sak on Lebanon Pike was fatally shot Monday afternoon, Nashville police said.

Both teens, from Kentucky, fled the scene in a stolen Kia Sorento that belonged to a relative of one of the boys, MNPD said. Police found the car at a nearby Arby's on Lebanon Pike and the two teens were taken into custody about 8 p.m.

The teens were charged with criminal homicide in connection with the death of the clerk. The case will be handled in juvenile court, MNPD said. The Tennessean is not naming the two teens because they are minors.

The two were also charged with aggravated robbery in connection with a Sunday incident at a 7-Eleven on old Hickory Boulevard. MNPD said two suspects entered the store, took all the cash from the register at gunpoint and fled the scene. The teens allegedly confessed to their involvement in the Sunday robbery.

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