Jerry Lee Alexander, 19, of Thistlebend Court, Cordell M. Grissom, 19 of Wenlon Drive, and William Q. Smith, 19, of Indian Park Drive, were arrested around 11:30 Saturday night after Murfreesboro Police caught up with the trio off Memorial Boulevard.

Witnesses said the suspects fired a weapon from the backseat of a silver Chevy Impala, which then went to Dodge’s Store on Broad Street. No one was injured in the shooting.

In a statement to police, Alexander said the men had been in a fight at the armory earlier in the evening.

“He received a phone call, from his ‘boss’ in the gang, and he was told to go back to the armory and ‘air it out,” MPD Detective Tannas Knox reported.

Alexander then admitted to firing shots out of the rear passenger-side window of the Impala and heading to Dodge’s Store.

Witnesses from the armory saw the Impala at the convenience store and called police, who caught up with the shooters at East Clark Boulevard and Hodge Street.

A search of nearby property located a .45 caliber handgun in the yard of a home.

Alexander threw the handgun out of the rear passenger-side window after the suspects saw a police car following them, he admitted. None of the suspects admitted to owning the gun.

A search of the car allegedly turned up evidence of gang affiliation.

Alexander was charged with reckless endangerment, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and his bond was set at $20,000. Grissom was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon with a bond of $5,000. Smith was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon with a bond of $500.

Alexander, Grissom and Smith will appear in court May 3.

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In a separate incident, another man was arrested around 2 o’clock in the morning Saturday at SoulFuel, located at 123 S.E. Broad St.

Witnesses flagged down an MPD Officer Joshua Borel after Robert D. Ellis, 21, of Diana Street, allegedly shot three rounds with a handgun into the ceiling at the new nightclub.

The club’s security guard detained Ellis until MPD arrived.

Detectives found a handgun outside the front door of the club, as well as three shell casings and holes in the ceiling.

Ellis was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm while intoxicated and three counts of reckless endangerment.

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In yet another unrelated incident, an unknown shooter fired around 1 a.m. Friday on a home on East Castle Street.

The victim, Alicia Wilhoite, 47, said several suspects drove past her house and fired several shots.

Wilhoite said “there are ongoing issues between subjects in the neighborhood and subjects at her residence.”

MPD could find no evidence of a shooting. There are no suspects at this time.