Teens arrested after allegedly hitting a woman with a stolen car in downtown Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A number of charges are being filed against a teenage boy and girl after they allegedly hit a woman with a stolen car and fled the scene of an accident Monday morning, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.

According to police, two suspects, 18-year-old Deshawn Horn and a 17-year-old girl, are charged in the hit-and-run accident involving a pedestrian on Commerce Street at Representative John Lewis Way.

After the woman was struck, Horn and the girl allegedly fled on foot from the 2022 Kia Sportage, which was stolen from a parking lot on Titans Way Sunday evening. The woman was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

“Central District officers were able to gain clues to the suspects’ whereabouts using the camera system in the city center. They were later arrested outside the Walmart at 3458 Dickerson Pike,” MNPD said.

Horn is charged with vehicle theft, reckless driving, reckless endangerment, failure to render aid/termination, driving without license/insurance and drug possession. He is being held on a $61,000 bond.

The girl is charged in juvenile court with vehicle theft, failure to render aid/termination and leaving the scene of an accident.

“The investigation into the juveniles’ possible involvement in additional thefts is ongoing,” MNPD said.

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