Three Charged in Opry Mills Parking Lot Stick-Up

DONELSON, TN — Three men have been arrested in connection to a Sunday night robbery in the parking lot at Opry Mills mall.

Metro Police say two women were walking to their car around 10:30 p.m. Sunday when they were approached by a gunman, who then hit one of the women in the head. He then fled with the women's purses.

Later, police stopped a vehicle they believe was connected to the robbery on Ninth Avenue North. Inside the car, police say they found the purses taken during the hold-up.

Eddie Taylor, 26, Mark Williams, 22, and Braxton Cooper, 18, were arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated robbery each. Additionally, Taylor is charged with being a fugitive from justice for a probation violation stemming from a weapon offense in Oxford, Miss. Taylor is being held in lieu of $450,000 bond. Williams and Cooper are being held on $200,000 bond.

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