Madison, Tennessee

From the Nashville Tennessean of January 17, 2007

Suspect arrested after robbery attempt, gun battle in Madison market

A gun battle erupted inside a Madison-area convenience store last night when two men tried to rob the two clerks.

The co-owner of Discount Tobacco Store, 4610 Gallatin Pike, shot one of the two robbers in the hand when the two men entered with guns and demanded money, police said.

One of the suspects, Joshua Whitworth, 19, ran outside the store and fired several times at a man who was sitting inside a maroon Honda Accord that was parked outside, police said. He was hit by one of the bullets, police said.

Police believe Whitworth tried to kill the man in the car, "as he was now a witness to the robbery attempt,” Metro police Officer Paul Morgan Harris said in an affidavit.

Police found Whitworth two blocks away from the market with a bloody glove that had a bullet hole in it, Harris said in an affidavit.

Whitworth was arrested and charged with attempted criminal homicide and two counts of attempted aggravated robbery. He is being held in the Metro Jail in lieu of $650,000 bond, court records show.

Whitworth admitted to police that he was involved in the robbery, but said he was only a lookout, Harris said in an affidavit.

Metro police are looking for a second suspect, whose identity is not known, said Metro police Capt. David Imhof.