2 Teens Arrested in Shooting Near Red Door in East Nashville

EAST NASHVILLE, TN — Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with a Friday night shooting near the popular East Nashville watering hole Red Door. The pair, along with another man, are also suspected in a carjacking on Boscobel Street Monday.

Around 7:45 Friday night, 32-year-old Matthew Lovell was found by police with a gunshot wound to the chest outside the Forrest Drive bar. Witnesses said Lovell stumbled to the bar asking for help. Police found Lovell's car a block from the bar, still running and with the keys in the ignition.

Lovell told police he believed his robbed and shot by two teenagers.

On Monday, Metro Police arrested Raiquan Derrick, 16, and Antonio Derrick, 17, in connection to a carjacking on Boscobel Street, in which a woman said she was sitting in her Saturn Vue with her boyfriend and when he got out of the car, another person got in, pulled a gun and demanded she exit the vehicle. When she did, two other people got in the car before fleeing.

Police found the Saturn later Monday and arrested the Derricks and Duron Coward, 19. During that investigation, police say they developed the Derrricks as suspects in Lovell's shooting.

The Derricks are both charged with aggravated robbery and carjacking in both cases. Raiquan Derrick, who police believe fired the shots that hit Lowell, is charged with especially aggravated kidnapping, as well. Duron Coward is charged with one count of aggravated robbery for his part in the Boscobel carjacking and is being held on a $500,000 bond.

Lovell is in stable condition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

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