Teenager ambushed and killed 22-year-old man delivering DoorDash orders with his brother: Police

A teen has been arrested successful transportation with the shooting of 2 brothers successful Tennessee who authorities accidental were gunned down portion delivering nutrient for DoorDash, leaving 1 of them dormant and the different critically injured.

Chad T. Wright, 16, has been charged with transgression homicide, attempted transgression homicide, and engaging successful a transgression conspiracy successful transportation with the decease of 22-year-old John Diaz Santos and the wounding of his 14-year-old brother, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department announced.

On Oct. 15, Santos and his member were successful a achromatic Infiniti sedan successful the parking batch of Birchstone Village Apartments connected North Dupont Avenue successful Madison, Tennessee, a vicinity conscionable northbound of downtown Nashville, arsenic Law&Crime previously reported.

They were delivering orders for DoorDash, their begetter told determination NBC affiliate WSMV. Santos had been moving the occupation for much than a year, and his begetter said that portion they were having meal that night, Santos said helium was going to bring his teen member with him connected the deliveries.

At astir 7:45 p.m., idiosyncratic approached the brothers' car and started shooting, constabulary said, citing the preliminary investigation. "Moments later, 2 much men approached and 1 of them besides started shooting astatine the victims' Infiniti," constabulary said. The suspects past ran away.

Santos tried to get distant and crashed into a adjacent fence. He was brought to a hospital, wherever helium died, constabulary said. His younger member was brought to a children's hospital, wherever constabulary said helium was successful captious condition.

The younger brother's existent wellness presumption is unclear.

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Wright was arrested connected Friday, Oct. 30, astatine his precocious school, constabulary said, adding that a imaginable motive of robbery "is nether consideration." Authorities did not enactment whether they are looking for much suspects.

A GoFundMe posted for the brothers and their household says Santos "was a loving, caring, hardworking young antheral with truthful galore dreams and his full beingness up of him."

"As if losing John wasn't heartbreaking enough, his member Alan was besides changeable successful the head," the fundraiser added. "We are grieving 1 lad portion praying for a occurrence for the other."