The high school student was delivering last night about 8:00
in Ashland City when police say a neighbor fired seven
shots at him.
That man now faces charges,
but the teen and his family tell our Hannah McDonald
they're not happy with the punishment.
Ashland City Police booked a man for shooting at a
pizza delivery driver.
They charged him with aggravated assault,
but the pizza delivery driver tells me he was almost
killed.
Nothing close to what I thought would happen on a
delivery.
I'll say that you can hear it in his phone.
18 year old Kaden Wheeler is still processing what happened
to him on Monday night,
so I was literally about to get killed right there.
So attempted murder in my opinion.
The Domino's worker on his first and only delivery of
the night was shot at on North Poole St.
in Ashland City on the quiet residential St.
Most of the houses are only a few feet from
each other.
Wheeler was shot at after parking in the wrong driveway.
I understand keeping your firearm and trying to be protected
and protect your family,
but that was a little.
I don't think you should automatically just shoot at somebody
because they pulled in.
You know, that's. I don't think that's right.
Wheeler accidentally parked at 114 BN Poole St.
instead of 118. They are directly next door to each
other after he dropped the pizza at the correct house
and got back in his truck.
Police say suspect Ryan Babcock use a handgun to shoot
the driver's side below the gas tank,
the wheel on the driver side,
and right above the driver side window.
He told police he thought someone was breaking into his
car,
so he went outside and started shooting.
Wheeler's car wasn't marked, but he wasn't a Domino's uniform
and had a pizza delivery bag.
I do believe there is.
If you do have reasonable cause,
sometimes you got to do what you got to do.
But in certain cases like that,
I don't think that was a reasonable cause and therefore
I don't agree with it.
Wheeler and his family think the charge should be attempted
homicide rather than aggravated assault.
Hannah McDonald, News Channel 5.
On top of everything, this young man uses his truck
to get to and from school and also work,
and now it needs thousands of dollars in repairs.
He still plans to become a U PS:.
Delivery Driver after he graduates high school.
Next month.