Crime & Safety
Arrest Made In Latest Nashville Hookah Bar Shooting
Metro Police charged a 33-year-old man with the May 11 murder of a 24-year-old outside an Antioch hookah bar.
ANTIOCH, TN -- An apparent parking lot dispute led to the May 11 murder of a 24-year-old man outside an Antioch hookah bar, according to Metro Police.
Police arrested 33-year-old Carlos Darnell Dixon in La Vergne Thursday, charging him with the murder of Carlos Reza.
Investigators say Reza and two friends pulled into the parking lot of the Arabian Palace Hookah Lounge on Bell Road early on the morning of May 11. Witnesses told police that the car Reza was riding in stopped behind Dixon's car as he was trying to pull out of a spot.
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The groups began arguing and Dixon fired a gun into the car, killing Reza, detectives said.
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Dixon is being held on a $300,000 bond.
The shooting was the seventh at a Nashville hookah bar in the past year.
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