A 23-year-old man, David Joseph Bush, has been taken into custody for his alleged role in a road-rage shooting incident from last September that involved Chancery Court Judge I'Ashea Myles on Interstate 440, according to a recent announcement from Nashville authorities. In a detailed report by the Nashville Police Department, Bush faces charges that include the shooting into Myles’ vehicle.
Details of the case revealed by Nashville Police Department suggest that an altercation on the road escalated when a late model white sedan, noted for its glossy paint and temporary tag, attempted to overtake Judge Myles’s Toyota Prius on I-440 west near Nolensville Pike. The sedan reportedly passed the Prius on the left shoulder, then swerved to the right and, in the process, proceeded to slow down to ultimately discharge multiple shots into the passenger side of Myles’ car. Myles encountered injuries from broken glass, while her passenger, a 25-year-old Nashville woman, sustained more serious gunshot wounds to her hand and leg.
Through diligent investigative work, Detective Joel Cottrill, of the Non-Lethal Shooting Team, was able to establish Bush as a suspect linking him not only to this attack but also to a separate shooting incident earlier in the year on Murfreesboro Pike. "The ballistic evidence links Bush to the Myles case, as well as to gunfire on February 10 of this year when shots were fired from a white Nissan sedan into a car containing three people on Murfreesboro Pike at Hamilton Crossings," Nashville Police Department stated. No one was injured in the February shooting, but the MNPD Crime Laboratory confirmed that the same weapon was used in both instances.
The arrest was a result of connecting the dots between ballistic evidence and cell phone data. The reports detailed how this high-tech sleuthing painted a digital picture which was essential in placing Bush at the scene. "Detective Joel Cottrill, who is part of the Non-Lethal Shooting Team, was able to identify Bush as a suspect in this case through ballistic evidence and cell phone data," as per the official report by the Nashville Police Department. Judge Myles, while physically recovering from the harrowing experience, has not publicly commented on the arrest.
