NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — An investigation is underway after two East Precinct patrol officers exchanged gunfire with a suspect at the Royal Inn on Dickerson Pike Thursday afternoon.
MNPD reported the incident around 2:12 p.m. No one was hit by the gunfire.
Police said officers were investigating a stolen vehicle in the motel parking lot when they learned that the suspect may have been inside one of the lower-level rooms.
As officers checked the rooms, someone began firing at them from inside one of them. Officers returned fire.
No one was hit or injured.
Police were eventually able to take the shooting suspect and two other people who were inside the room into custody without further incident.
Metro Nashville Public Schools said MNPD did not request that nearby Jere Baxter Middle School go into a lockout or lockdown.
MNPD is handling the investigation.
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