Man who stole Uber at gunpoint is shot and killed by Nashville officer

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The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) is investigating an officer involved shooting after a 26-year-old man was shot and killed following an alleged carjacking of an Uber driver.

The shooting happened Friday night just before midnight on 10th Avenue North at Garfield Street.

Police said the man, 26-year-old Adam Rodriguez, and his girlfriend were in a Kia when they bumped into the Uber driver’s Honda minivan.

Police said it is believed a shot was fired in the Kia through the windshield just before the crash. After the crash, Rodriguez and his girlfriend carjacked the Uber driver at 8th Avenue and Rosa Parks Boulevard in downtown Nashville at gunpoint.

Less than half an hour later, officers spotted the Honda minivan in North Nashville. Officers deployed a spike strip, flattened the minivan’s tires, and followed it onto 10th Avenue North.

MNPD officer Pierce Moore followed Rodriguez to the back of a home where the shooting happened.

Moore was seen on body camera video repeatedly asking Rodriguez to “drop the gun” as he made his way onto the back porch where Rodriguez was.

As Rodriguez lifted the gun in his hand, Moore shot at him, according to MNPD.

Police rendered aid to Rodriguez, and he was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center, where he died.