Antioch Teen's Gun Theft Thwarted: Police

MURFREESBORO, TN — Murfreesboro Police arrested an Antioch 19-year-old Sunday, after he allegedly tried to steal a handgun from a vendor at a gun show.

When officers arrived at the R.K. Gun Show at the Middle Tennessee Expo Center, they found a group of people holding down Shenoda Riad, 19. Witnesses told police Riad had been walking around the gun show with a Springfield XD-S pistol and then grabbed a vendor's revolver and tried to leave the show with it.

Several people held Riad, according to a police report, even as he yelled and tried to fight them. The bystanders were able to retrieve the XD-S and the stolen gun and hold Riad until police arrived.

Officers say he admitted to stealing the gun and trying to leave the Expo Center.

Meanwhile, another vendor at the show told police some people Riad initially arrived with had stolen a sight and a box of ammunition. Police stopped their car and found marijuana, alcohol, the sight, some ammunition and two more handguns. Riad said he had bought the handguns from someone in the expo parking lot, but he had no proof of ownership, according to police.

Riad is charged with theft, disorderly conduct, and unlawful carry.

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