An 18-year-old Domino’s delivery driver was shot at multiple times after he parked in the wrong driveway while dropping off food at a home in Tennessee, police said.
Caiden Wheeler told officers he was delivering pizza to a home Monday on North Poole Street in Ashland City, about 25 miles northwest of Nashville.
“The victim stated that he thought he was parked in the right driveway but when he got out to deliver the pizza the next door neighbor … flagged him down,” a criminal complaint states.
Wheeler said he walked through the yard, delivered the pizza and got back into his truck.
As he was pulling out of the driveway, Wheeler said he heard gunshots and saw someone “running at him and shooting at him,” according to the complaint.
He said he quickly backed out of the driveway and sped off. Police said there were three bullet holes in his truck: one on the driver’s side by the gas tank, one above the driver’s side window and another in the front driver’s side wheel and tire.
Authorities arrested Ryan Babcock, 32, in connection with the shooting. Wheeler was delivering the pizza to Babcock’s neighbor, according to the complaint.
Babcock told officers that he and his wife saw a truck park in their driveway on his doorbell camera.
He said he saw someone running from his vehicle to the truck and thought the person was trying to break in. Babcock said he went outside and “began shooting at the truck” to “disable” it, the criminal complaint states. Babcock allegedly admitted to officers that he shot at the truck multiple times.
Officers found a handgun and seven shell casings throughout the driveway and yard. Babcock was charged with aggravated assault and bail was set at $50,000. He was released on Tuesday.
Wheeler and Babcock could not immediately be reached Friday.
The teen told CBS affiliate WTVF of Nashville that he thinks Babcock should have been charged with attempted murder.
“I was literally about to get killed right there,” he said.
Wheeler said his truck wasn’t marked but he was in a Domino’s uniform and was carrying a pizza delivery bag.
“I understand keeping your firearm and trying to protect your family but I don’t think you should just automatically shoot at somebody because they pulled in. That’s not right,” he added.
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BLM. Antifa Hamas and crap politicians have every body nervous and scared since law enforcement is no longer backed up by a awol DoJ and mayors
Yes, with 75+ MURDERS DAILY in USA because of Democrats’ beloved junkies CRIME WAVE, most Americans are now scared of being added to the daily list of daily murdered people!
You moron !!!
What do Antifa and Hamas have anything to do with a trigger happy idiot shooting at a pizza delivery man.
This is the America people like you and all these idiots that are against red flag laws and background checks have created. Innocent people died daily because mentally sick people like you and Buzz have access to firearms.
Stop with the click bait headlines!
The teen was shot AT, not hit or killed.
X2 !!! What a blatantly criminally deceptive clickbait headline!
Only because the shooter was a bad shot.
What a neat trick. The dead pizza boy talks with the police about almost getting murdered. Oh wait, doesn’t anybody proof read their crap anymore??
Typical media BS. Exaggerating the news. As if there wasn’t enough real news to report.
Do that means he did not get a tip?
Too many guns in the hands of people corrupted by watching too many John Wick movies…..