On Monday night a pair of Vanderbilt football players were shot after they reportedly attempted to retrieve a cell phone that was stolen from a teammate a few hours earlier. According to the Tennessean, sophomore wide receiver Donaven Tennyson had posted an online ad to try and sell his iPhone 6S. Tennyson then agreed to meet with what he thought was a potential buyer at a nearby Nashville, Tennessee Chili's parking lot, but instead the would-be customer just robbed him.
A few hours later, when trying to find the thief, Tennyson saw that his stolen phone was listed on the exact same website that he was trying to unload it from earlier in the day. This led to him creating a fake account to set up a second meet (this time in a Target lot) so he could steal it back. To aid him he brought along defensive backs O’Montae Daley and Frank Coppet, and at least one of the three was armed with a pellet gun.
Unfortunately, the actual thieves had real firearms, including a handgun and a shotgun, both of which were fired at the Commodores players. Coppet was hit in the arm with birdshot, while Daley was shot in the leg. Neither injury is considered life threatening.
From there, the robbers took off in a pair of cars, one of which was the Buick they arrived in—and the other of which was Daley's Toyota Corolla (definitely a rough night for Daley).
As of Tuesday, the suspects are still at large.
