Tennessee Man Arrested After Firing Shots To Celebrate Divorce

by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton

April 3, 2024

Juan Jose Vasquez is going through greater than a dozen expenses after he admitted he did so as a result of he had simply divorced his spouse.

A Tennessee man who was celebrating his divorce from his now ex-wife fired his gun in a celebratory trend and was arrested.

In response to WSMV, 26-year-old Juan Jose Vasquez, who’s also called Craig Jose Miller, is going through greater than a dozen expenses after he admittedly fired gunshots in downtown Nashville on April 1. He was detained and charged with a number of crimes, together with aggravated assault with a lethal weapon, reckless endangerment with a lethal weapon, theft of property, drug possession, and assaulting officers.

Metro Nashville law enforcement officials had been referred to as to the scene after receiving a name relating to photographs fired at a crowded intersection. When police arrived on the scene, they found Miller sitting on the nook of the intersection with a pal. He initially denied firing the gun however later admitted he did so as a result of he had simply divorced his spouse. He let off eight photographs “as a celebration for regaining my freedom,” in accordance with the police affidavit.

WKRN reported that the law enforcement officials spoke to a supply driver who advised them that he heard some gunshots and noticed Miller “waving a firearm round and capturing off two rounds in several instructions.”

The officers reportedly discovered the gun in a car parking zone subsequent to the intersection. In addition they recovered eight bullet shells and spoke to different individuals on the scene who recognized Miller and stated they had been positioned in peril after he began capturing his gun.

He was introduced in for reckless endangerment after a witness advised officers that the gunman was Miller.

Cops said that they discovered a THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) pen within the suspect’s pocket and reported he had slurred speech and was not in a position to deal with himself.

Miller’s pal knowledgeable officers that there was “bomb-making materials” in a black backpack. They closed the roadway, and once they discovered the backpack, they found reported stolen property from a automobile break-in that passed off earlier that night time. The MNPD additionally confirmed the gun was additionally stolen from the automobile.

He reportedly kicked a police officer within the abdomen whereas being arrested and allegedly advised legislation enforcement “he was going to kill all of them regardless if he was in handcuffs or not.”